A mother, who Tusla incorrectly accused of “parental alcohol misuse” due to a copy and pasting error in its records, is taking a legal case against the Child and Family Agency. Social work records related to the case stated that risks in the home included “concerns children are exposed to parental alcohol misuse”. On Tuesday, The Irish Times reported an internal Tusla review had found the reference to parental alcohol abuse had been added into the case file due to a copy and pasting error. The claim for damages alleges that, rather than provide supports when requested, Tusla “wrongly portrayed and targeted” the mother “as being the problem”. The internal Tusla review, completed on March 5th of this year, said the inaccurate reference to alcohol misuse had come from a form that was used as a template by social workers.

Source: The Irish Times March 17, 2021 01:00 UTC