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Friday 23 October 2020
Sometimes we talk about people ending up as statistics. But there are no statistics compiled for how many children raised in state care become homeless, writes Shane Dunphy.
Guardians ad litem tell TheJournal.ie about the trends they’ve seen in children assigned to their care.
‘Clare’ was in foster care when she took her own life.
An aftercare worker is assigned to teenagers in State care as they approach the age of 18.
The National Review Panel released five case studies of vulnerable children who died.
The whistleblower, who remains anonymous, told RTÉ’s This Week that she wants to appear before committee to set the record straight.
Advocates and survivors of mother and baby homes have been outraged at the government’s handling of legislation passed in the Dáil last night.
The number of children in care has risen by almost 20% during the past decade.
The Child and Family Agency has a statutory duty to children who are not receiving adequate care and protection.
Many of the children are removed from homes out-of-hours by gardaí.
A family court heard the child recently had an argument with his foster family.
The Child and Family Agency told the court the father was making good steps towards recovery.
The court heard that appropriate interventions came ‘far too late’ for the 16-year-old boy.
The teenager, who was 15 at the time of the alleged incident, has been granted bail.
Almost one in five foster carers have not been allocated a social worker.
A school principal said the child had complained of being hungry in school.
The child was taken into state care after concerns about physical abuse.
A new investigation by the Ombudsman for Children has shed light on the situation.
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The children said their mum had been ‘sleepy’ and ‘dozy’ during access visits.
Detention in special care is for the child’s own welfare and protection.
Social work expert Maurice Fenton said that the relationship between children and carers is being sacrificed.
TheJournal.ie spent a week observing cases in the Family Court. Here’s what the people working in child protection think needs to be done.
TheJournal.ie spent a week observing cases in the Family Court. Here are a selection of the care orders that appeared before the courts.
Everybody’s talking about housing people in prefabs, Judge Barry White, seagulls and Islamic State.
All of the children were returned to their families.
More than three quarters of these children were living with their families at the time.
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Tusla, the child and family agency has published four reports into the deaths of children in State care.
It is believed one of the reports concerns a “very young” child.
Numbers of missing migrant children fell significantly after the system was reformed, leading experts to believe it had been used by smugglers to sneak people into the country.
There are concerns about the lack of supports for both children in care and those who have left State care on turning 18.
It was reported at the weekend that local social workers were left out of the loop when gardaí removed a two-year-old Roma boy from his family.
When the State intervenes in family situations, it does so in our name. We should be aware of child care proceedings so we can all participate in an informed discussion rather than reacting to the latest headline, writes Carol Coulter.
The need for stability and continuity of care for children going through the state’s care and justice systems has been highlighted in a new report.
A new website looks at cases from Irish courts where children ended up in care. Here are some of the stories.
The change won’t make any difference to most people, writes Wayne Dignam. But for a few, it could mean everything.
Government ministers, journalists and academics will be speaking at the 32nd MacGill Summer School which starts tonight in Donegal.
Emily Logan also said her office met with “resistance” when investigating children in care.
Revelations over child deaths are just the latest in a long line – and nothing will change unless we move beyond scapegoats, writes Aaron McKenna.
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and former vice president Joe Biden took part in another debate last night, the final head-to-head before voting on 3 November.
The previous debate was fractious and almost unwatchable as the pair shouted over each other, but last night was more measured by comparison.
Trump denied being racist, saying no US president since Abraham Lincoln has “done what I’ve done for the black community”. Biden then said Trump “pours fuel on every single racist fire” and claimed he “has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn”.
You can catch up on the main points here.
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