Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Foster Care Services: Discussion (Resumed)
9:00 am
Mr. Jim Gibson:
As the chief operations officer, I am also concerned about those cases. The number of children in care is a good example of how seriously we take our business of protecting children. As Mr. McBride stated, more than 6,300 children were in the care of the State due to a protection matter.