Care home used by Tusla ‘fabricated’ pre-employment checks of staff, posing major risk to young people in its care
Tusla, the child and family agency, placed vulnerable children into unregulated emergency accommodation run by a company which “fabricated” pre-employment screenings of staff.
The accommodation was provided by a company called Ideal Care Services, which Tusla has increasingly relied upon to manage accommodation for children taken into State care in recent years. An internal Tusla report found it to have “fabricated” pre-employment checks of staff, posing a major risk to young people in its care.
The company is run by a pastor in an evangelical Christian church.
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