Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Support Services for Family Law Courts: One Family

9:00 am

Photo of Jim DalyJim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I ask Ms Kelly when she responds to the next group of questions to clarify an issue. Separation in families does not always just happen between the parents. Sometimes children are separated from their parents because, for example, one parent is abusive and the other parent sticks by him or her. Does One Family have a role to play in circumstances where children are separated from their families or is that an issue entirely for Tusla?

Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire referred to a centre in Togher. Tusla uses a centre there for children who are in the care of the State. Is that the same centre that One Family uses? Is there a cross over there? Is One Family working independently of or in co-operation with Tusla?

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