Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 June 2025

Committee on Children and Equality

Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children

2:00 am

Photo of Ruairí Ó MurchúRuairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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That is brilliant. I was just throwing that out as a comment. There was a worst-case scenario where somebody had been taken into care and given to one of the parent's siblings. The story I remember hearing said it all for me at times. This was probably Tusla's best attempt to maintain someone within a family unit. The uncle went around to say that the wee lad owed money for his drug debt. That is an absolute failing. While that might work on a checklist basis, I said Tusla had once again failed that child. That is a long time ago.