Overview
- The National Review Panel concluded the serious incident could not have been anticipated from information available to Tusla at the time.
- The report was finalised over a month ago but is being withheld on legal advice because publication could prejudice future prosecutions.
- Published recommendations call for tracking pupil movement, including cross-border, clarifying GDPR guidance to social workers, and reviewing the Tusla–Garda protocol.
- The Government approved a Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2025 to give the NRP statutory powers to compel evidence and publish its own reports.
- An Garda Síochána is running a murder investigation into Kyran’s disappearance, and a new education-welfare unit has separately referred one case to police after a child was reported taken abroad by a parent.