Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 October 2025

Committee on Drugs Use

Kinship Care and Care: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Wayne Stanley:

If we are to think about it correctly, we need to look at each young person in his or her own circumstances and approach it in a trauma-informed way. That feeds into the comments about the need for specialised services for young people who are care experienced. Addiction services that may be in place for young people will not necessarily work for care-experienced young people because they have different networks of support. When dealing with children, networks of support are often involved in therapeutic responses to addiction and other issues. That was the point I was trying to draw together.

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