A new report says the Health Service Executive failed to provide timely support to a young girl following allegations of sexual abuse.
The Ombudsman for Children also says the HSE did not offer therapeutic services to the then 11-year-old for a protracted period of time.
Record keeping was found to be poor - the HSE failed to allocate a social worker - and did not arrange an early face to face meeting.
Emily Logan's office launched an investigation into the case - after the girl's mother made a complaint on behalf of her daughter in 2009.
The Ombudsman says the young girl was failed by the HSE - because of a poor relationship with the child's mother:
