Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
General Scheme of Childcare (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion
9:00 am
Ms Tanya Ward:
Approximately half of children in the care system are in voluntary care and an order, either an interim order or a care order, is not sought by Tusla before the courts. Guardians ad litemare appointed at the discretion of judges at present. They are only appointed in 56% of cases, according to one snapshot that the Child Care Law Reporting Project was able to establish.
The difference between those and voluntary care is the 50%. That is what you are getting at.
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