PQ: Children in Care (DP)

Wed, March 27, 2013

274. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of occasions on which the Health Service Executive has offered to take children in direct provision into care, or partial care, in cases of severe malnourishment or other illness.

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Deputy Frances Fitzgerald): As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy with the most up-to-date information.

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