Tusla says there are no beds available in the State, however. File image
Tusla is facing contempt of court proceedings after it failed to comply with a High Court order to find special care beds for two highly vulnerable children who remain “at large”.
In the action in their names, the children, through their mothers, are seeking a declaration that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is in contempt of the court’s orders.
Highly troubled and vulnerable children aged 11 to 17 can be detained in a secure care unit, known as special care, on foot of a High Court order.
Two such orders
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