Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Is there a role for foster carers themselves? There is a lot of work for a social worker to do in the review stages. In some cases where voluntary care orders have been made, a review may take place twice or three times a year. Is there a role, therefore, for foster carers who sometimes feel some of this can be a box-ticking exercise and that they have no responsibility under it? When it comes to Garda vetting is there a way to give responsibility to foster carers to have these in place themselves? When one's car is due an NCT, one gets a text message. Is there a way foster carers could help to reduce workloads by doing this themselves?