Tusla received no referrals of concern over missing Kyran Durnin’s welfare or school attendance over last two years [Video]

THE Child and Family Agency Tusla received no referrals of concern about missing schoolboy Kyran Durnin’s welfare or attendance at school between 2022 and 2024, its chief executive has said.

Chief executive Kate Duggan said because no referral had been received between 2022 and 2024, the agency had no reason to check whether Kyran was attending school.

In an interview with RTE Radio One’s This Week programme today, Ms Duggan said one of the Tusla family resource services had its last engagement with Kyran and his family in 2022.

She said in 2021 and 2022 “significant efforts” were made by Tusla’s child welfare services to provide “further supports” to Kyran and his family.

Ms Duggan said there were no referrals of concern for the child over those years.

She said it was known that May 2022 was the last …