Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Findings of HIQA Statutory Foster Care Service Inspection Reports: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The witness said that people are taken off the list if they are not vetted. Perhaps I did not hear that accurately. The idea that people without Garda vetting would be in their own home looking after vulnerable children rings huge alarm bells. Could the witness clarify what happens when it is found that a family has not been vetted?