Search Results for 'Child and Family Agency'

The Galway Diocesan Office has said this week that it needs “time and space” before making any decision on whether to move Bishop Eamonn Casey’s remains. The office — which represents the Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora — issued a statement at the weekend in response to calls for the disgraced former bishop of Galway to be removed from the crypt at Galway Cathedral.

Analysis of agency records show there were 4,552 referrals to Tusla’s Child Protection and Welfare Service in Galway in 2023, compared to 3,276 referrals in 2018, according to Tusla internal figures.

Tusla, which is recruiting foster carers across Galway, invites anyone considering fostering to attend an information evening in the Tusla Building at Loughrea Shopping Centre on June 11 from 7 – 8.30pm .

Tusla – Child and Family Agency is “thrilled and proud” with the news today that its Tusla Fostering Garden has won the People’s Choice Award at Bord Bia Bloom 2024.

Tusla - Child and Family Agency is currently running a Fostering Recruitment Campaign to recruit new foster carers to meet the growing demand for placements, as a result of the ongoing humanitarian crisis, and the impact of Covid-19 in communities across Ireland.

The FRC for Erris campaign was brought to a successful conclusion on Tuesday October 25 last when Tusla CEO Bernard Gloster and Regional and Area Managers gave confirmation to the local steering committee that a family and community support service would be funded for the large rural community, in Northwest Mayo.

Eighteen adopted persons and relatives from Mayo applied to the new Contact Preference Register last month, following the commencement of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022. The breakdown for Mayo was 16 adopted persons and two relatives applying to the register.

Tusla - Child and Family Agency has launched a new awareness and recruitment campaign to find carers for separated children seeking international protection.

GMIT’s Department of Nursing, Health Sciences, and Social Care has added a new course in its suite of early childhood education and care programmes, the new diploma in school age childcare (Level 7), the first such course to be offered in Irish third-level colleges.

A new Primary Care Centre in Oranmore is to be built after An Bord Pleanála upheld the decision of Galway County Council to grant permission for the development.