Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
BREAKING: Urgent situation as TUSLA / CAMHS “experts” (LGBT activists) block a vulnerable child’s access to education. Martina Burke speaks out.
Martina Burke has operated a tuition centre in Castlebar Co. Mayo for over 25 years. In this year’s Leaving Certificate exams 40% of students achieved H1 in Higher Level English, with 63% achieving H3 or above in Maths (HL).
In 2021 a mother requested assistance for her son who had no school place. The child thrived academically and behaviourally, excelling in his studies. Professionals advised that the child could not succeed at a mainstream school at the time, and that the education he was receiving from the Burkes was the best for him for the present.
TUSLA were carrying out an initial assessment involving the child at the time but excluded Martina Burke from the process. According to TUSLA’s own policy all professionals involved with a parent and child are consulted as part of an initial assessment.
The child’s difficulty in securing a school place went to the District Court. TUSLA gave evidence that the child would receive services upon enrolment in mainstream school. These included SNA, OT, speech and language and NEPS. On the basis of this evidence the court directed that the child be enrolled in a mainstream school. None of the promised services were provided.
The child has spent the last two years on a school corridor or in an isolation room. Martina Burke wrote to the Principal twice but never received any response.
Martina Burke attended a meeting with CAMHS on 14 August. The two doctors present, Dr. Ronan Rice and Dr. Mark Farquhar, led Martina Burke to believe that they knew nothing about the child’s circumstances at school. In reality CAMHS were fully aware of the child’s horrific experiences at mainstream school over the past two years.
When TUSLA were asked why they excluded Martina Burke from the initial assessment they said they were “not in a position to comment.” When Martina Burke pressed for answers TUSLA sent the matter to a ‘third party’, an ‘independent complaints officer’ named Mary Hargaden. Far from being independent Ms Hargaden spent 40 years working with HSE/TUSLA. In 2021 her consulting company received a contract from TUSLA for €1.5 million.
Martina Burke received over 22 emails and letters from Ms Hargaden but never received an answer as to why she was excluded. In a report issued last month Hargaden stated that TUSLA “appear to have intended” to consult with Martina Burke about the child’s educational progress. They never did however.
CAMHS have several inpatient residential units across Ireland. The logo for these units is the LGBT flag which is a promotion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender ideology. If you wish to foster a child in Ireland TUSLA require that you are willing to affirm LGBT ideology. Christian belief is not tolerated.
Following a damning report into CAMHS in 2023 Dr. Maeve Doyle (‘Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist’) said that CAMHS “needed €2 billion.”
CAMHS does not need more hundreds of millions. What we need is basic transparency and truth.
Martina Burke was led to believe by these so-called professionals that they were unaware of the facts around this tragic situation. This was not true.
These organisations are accountable to no one, and parents live in fear of them. If they cannot be transparent and truthful this should not be tolerated and they should be shut down.
BREAKING: Urgent situation as TUSLA / CAMHS “experts” (LGBT activists) block a vulnerable child’s access to education. Martina Burke speaks out.
Martina Burke has operated a tuition centre in Castlebar Co. Mayo for over 25 years. In this year’s Leaving Certificate exams 40% of students achieved H1 in Higher Level English, with 63% achieving H3 or above in Maths (HL).
In 2021 a mother requested assistance for her son who had no school place. The child thrived academically and behaviourally, excelling in his studies. Professionals advised that the child could not succeed at a mainstream school at the time, and that the education he was receiving from the Burkes was the best for him for the present.
TUSLA were carrying out an initial assessment involving the child at the time but excluded Martina Burke from the process. According to TUSLA’s own policy all professionals involved with a parent and child are consulted as part of an initial assessment.
The child’s difficulty in securing a school place went to the District Court. TUSLA gave evidence that the child would receive services upon enrolment in mainstream school. These included SNA, OT, speech and language and NEPS. On the basis of this evidence the court directed that the child be enrolled in a mainstream school. None of the promised services were provided.
The child has spent the last two years on a school corridor or in an isolation room. Martina Burke wrote to the Principal twice but never received any response.
Martina Burke attended a meeting with CAMHS on 14 August. The two doctors present, Dr. Ronan Rice and Dr. Mark Farquhar, led Martina Burke to believe that they knew nothing about the child’s circumstances at school. In reality CAMHS were fully aware of the child’s horrific experiences at mainstream school over the past two years.
When TUSLA were asked why they excluded Martina Burke from the initial assessment they said they were “not in a position to comment.” When Martina Burke pressed for answers TUSLA sent the matter to a ‘third party’, an ‘independent complaints officer’ named Mary Hargaden. Far from being independent Ms Hargaden spent 40 years working with HSE/TUSLA. In 2021 her consulting company received a contract from TUSLA for €1.5 million.
Martina Burke received over 22 emails and letters from Ms Hargaden but never received an answer as to why she was excluded. In a report issued last month Hargaden stated that TUSLA “appear to have intended” to consult with Martina Burke about the child’s educational progress. They never did however.
CAMHS have several inpatient residential units across Ireland. The logo for these units is the LGBT flag which is a promotion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender ideology. If you wish to foster a child in Ireland TUSLA require that you are willing to affirm LGBT ideology. Christian belief is not tolerated.
Following a damning report into CAMHS in 2023 Dr. Maeve Doyle (‘Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist’) said that CAMHS “needed €2 billion.”
CAMHS does not need more hundreds of millions. What we need is basic transparency and truth.
Martina Burke was led to believe by these so-called professionals that they were unaware of the facts around this tragic situation. This was not true.
These organisations are accountable to no one, and parents live in fear of them. If they cannot be transparent and truthful this should not be tolerated and they should be shut down.
