Fred Mcbride
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New Tusla chief keen to tackle ‘deep mistrust in the Irish psyche’ of agency
- Social Affairs
- September 25, 2019, 03:00
It is time Tusla and middle Ireland had a discussion about what can “reasonably be expected” from Tusla, the child and family agency’s new chief execu(...)

Tusla chief questioned ‘viability’ of residential care centres for children
- Social Affairs
- April 29, 2019, 00:33
Serious concerns were raised around the “viability” of continuing to place vulnerable children in private residential centres by the then chief execut(...)

Tusla chief Fred McBride to step down next month
- Social Affairs
- August 30, 2018, 17:19
The head of the Child and Family Agency, Tusla, Fred McBride, is to step down next month, it has been announced. The agency’s board told staff on Th(...)

Homeless families: ‘Often they have nowhere to go after 5pm’
- Social Affairs
- June 30, 2018, 01:00
The number of emergency rooms that had to be booked for homeless families who by late evening have nowhere to sleep has almost doubled since the start(...)

Tusla cannot eliminate all risk to children: it needs our support
- Social Affairs
- June 21, 2018, 02:00
Earlier this month Tusla’s chief executive, Fred McBride, wrote to his 1,500 social workers warning of a coming “storm” – a report from the Health Inf(...)

Tusla struggled to make changes under ‘too bureaucratic’ HSE
- Social Affairs
- June 20, 2018, 21:39
State child protection agency Tusla spent two years trying to wrestle control from a “too bureaucratic” Health Service Executive so it can hire its ow(...)

Failings at Tusla leave children at risk of sex abuse
- Health
- June 20, 2018, 00:10
Systems failures within the State’s child protection agency is leading to the mishandling of child sex abuse allegations and leaving vulnerable childr(...)

Tusla ‘does not always learn from mistakes,’ chief executive admits
- Social Affairs
- June 19, 2018, 20:06
Tusla does not provide a consistent service to vulnerable children and does not always learn from its mistakes, its chief executive has admitted. How(...)
Public has ‘unrealistic’ view of what Tusla can do, chief says
- Social Affairs
- March 28, 2018, 22:02
The public don’t fully understand the work that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, do and can have an “unrealistic” view of what is achievable. Chi(...)

Foster care report calls for specialist Garda child protection units
- Social Affairs
- November 9, 2017, 17:14
Gardaí and social workers should be placed in specialist child protection units and gaps in provision of out-of-hours emergency services should be rem(...)