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. Cormac Quinlan:
The Deputy is referring to two categories of cases. Where children are in care in another jurisdiction and there is an agreement to move them here under a formal care arrangement, we will look at those cases. There are bilateral agreements with countries under Brussels II, EC Regulation No. 2201/2003, so that a proper transfer is arranged. Those children could potentially come into formal care under our system and be supported through formal payments. There is another category of cases to which I believe the Deputy is referring, in respect of a kind of special guardianship. This is in place in the UK, but it is not in place here.