Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 July 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Foster Care Services: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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I signed a commencement order in recent weeks. The order provides that Tusla has an obligation to provide an aftercare plan for all children leaving care. That takes effect from 1 September.

Another question related to the out-of-hours service, the social workers in place and whether they have full access to the social work file.