Gardai didn't contact local social workers when they took a two year old Roma boy from his family in Westmeath.
A report by the HSE into both this case and the removal of a Roma girl from her family in Dublin, has been handed to the Children's Minister.
The report has found a breakdown in communication between the Gardai and the HSE, was a factor in the wrongful removal of the toddler.
According to the Sunday Times, officers used an emergency helpline to arrange accommodation for the young boy and that the HSE was not made aware of his removal until the following morning.
