Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth

Foster Care: Discussion

Ms Lauren O'Toole:

We are not here to change the care system for us. We have been through it. We are changing it for the people who are going to go through it and who are currently going through it, who may not have a voice and may think that their voice is not going to be heard. It is an honour for us to be here to be able to advocate for those people, but we need to make sure that after this conversation, it does not fall flat on its face. It needs to go somewhere. Work needs to happen and progress needs to be made.