Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 May 2026

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality

Strategic Priorities Identified by the Chairpersons of the Boards of Tusla and the Adoption Authority of Ireland: Discussion

2:55 am

Ms Madeleine Clarke:

-----and they have many professionals allocated to them. It is not just a matter of being out there and having some fragile connection with the agency through a social worker. It is what is required. If somebody is regarded as maybe not being in a position to provide all of the care an infant is going to need, it could be to do with a disability or it could be through a range of issues-----