46% Increase in complaints to Tusla compared to last year

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46% Increase in complaints to Tusla compared to last year

With a 46% increase in complaints to Tusla this year in comparison to last. We broke down the stats on BreakfastNT this morning with expert reaction. New figures obtained by Newstalk reveal there’s been a 46% increase in the number of complaints made to Tusla against creche, child minding and pre-schools in the first 6 months of this year compared to the same period of 2018. We were joined by Mary Moloney, lecturer in Early Childhood Education and Care at the University of Limerick and by Anne Rabbitte Fianna Fail TD and Spokesperson for Children and Youth Affairs to discuss these disturbing figures  

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46% Increase in complaints to Tusla compared to last year