Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 19 November 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Sixth Report of Special Rapporteur on Child Protection: Discussion

6:35 pm

Photo of Jillian van TurnhoutJillian van Turnhout (Independent) | Oireachtas source

People who work with children, including those involved with non-governmental organisations and service providers, will have dealt with shattered lives. When I read the Roscommon report, for example, I learned that our service was using part of the budget we were spending on the family in question to buy alcohol, and did not see that as a risk factor. That is a big issue.

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