Earlier on in the programme we spoke a bit about the teenage boy who died at a Tusla facility in Dublin,Vadym Davydenko.
Gardaí and emergency services were called to the scene of a stabbing incident at the emergency residential unit for unaccompanied children seeking international protection in the Donaghmede area of Dublin yesterday morning, in which the 17-year-old was killed and a number of other people were wounded.
He is believed to have been Ukrainian and had been staying in a 24-hour care facility alongside other young people who were separated from their families and seeking international protection.
The incident has raised questions for Tusla over the care it provides and resources it receives in its care of young people.
The Children’s Rights Alliance said it was “vitally important” that the next step is an independent review by the National Review Panel – a body under Tusla that conducts reviews into the deaths and serious incidents involving young people known to the agency.
CEO of the Children’s Rights Alliance, Tanya Ward, joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.