Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth

General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Marissa Ryan:

We did not speak specifically in our submission to where we would work with children and young people in special care. Some of the main presenting issues for us are the absence of an appropriate special care placement because of the staffing and placement crisis and the absence of efficient step-down facilities. Sometimes children are also being kept longer in arrangements because there is no move-on placement for them. However, for the purposes of the review of Child Care (Amendment) Bill, that was not something we spoke to specifically. Mr. Stitt may also wish to add something.

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