Society’s failure to address alcohol abuse is harming vulnerable children, according to the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection Geoffrey Shannon. Among the main recommendations yet to be acted on include the introduction of a 24-hour social work service and better cooperation between the agencies which protect children; Tusla and the Gardaí. The ISPCC is calling for the urgent introduction of that 24-hour social work service for vulnerable children. "We need to ensure a 24-hour social work service and we need to see where we are now in terms of the plans for that. "We need to see, in our view, a fully comprehensive 24-hour service where social workers are available to all children, not just those most at risk."

Source: Evening echo May 24, 2018 13:07 UTC