Posted by ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ, ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ โฌ๐.๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ญ-๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ โ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒโ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ง๐จ ๐ญ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ค ๐๐๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. A major investigation by Jack Power published in todayโs Irish Times says a Co Meath company that provided emergency accommodation for children in Tuslaโs care submitted forged Garda vetting clearances for its staff, allowing unvetted employees to work with vulnerable minors. The firm, Good People Homecare Ltd, run by businessman and evangelical Zimbabwean pastor Gerard Chimbganda, was paid over โฌ8 million by Tusla between 2022 and 2024 before the agency cut ties after uncovering the fraud. Tusla inspections had already raised serious concerns about conditions in the companyโs properties, where children, many of them unaccompanied asylum seekers or Ukrainian refugees, were found living in overcrowded, unsanitary and unsafe environments. Issues included rat infestations, lack of basic hygiene supplies, and staff threatening children who complained. A criminal investigation followed, leading to the conviction of a junior employee, a relative of Mr Chimbganda, who admitted to 55 counts of forgery and falsification of vetting records. She received a suspended sentence in May 2024 in Trim District Court. Despite Good People being blacklisted by Tusla, another of Chimbgandaโs firms, Minana International, continues to hold lucrative State contracts. It has been paid over โฌ1.3 million to provide accommodation for Ukrainian refugees and was awarded a further โฌ6 million contract in late 2024 to carry out vulnerability assessments of asylum seekers. Mr Chimbganda and his family also run companies providing home care for older people on behalf of the HSE and are seeking to expand into Northern Irelandโs care sector.
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