Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
Public Accounts Committee
HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion
12:00 pm
Mr. Pat Healy:
I will make two distinctions. Children in care are the responsibility of Tusla, the child care agency, but there are children for whom we have a responsibility. There was a time when the HSE had statutory authority for children. Obviously, we had to discharge that legislation fully. We are no longer the statutory authority. However, we have a duty of care to children and we must fully comply with children legislation, including the Child Care Act. Everyone working in our services, in particular the disability services-----
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