Sharon Keogan (Independent)
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It says they are going to be assigned to other residential care units as well as off-site locations. That is really worrying. It is hard being a foster parent and having a child who may have violent episodes and may present violently in your home. To move that child into a residential care setting where he or she is cared by individuals who are coming in who have no real link to that child and where children could be restrained is horrendous to think of. Residential care is not a place for a child. It should not be a place for a child. Those homes should not exist. It is not the right care path, as far as I am concerned.

On the last comment by the Cathaoirleach about gender and children being who they want to be, I spent 26 minutes reading out all the different genders that are listed in the Seanad when we were dealing with legislation. I ask Dr. Muldoon not to get captured by this. I want the children to receive the care and support that they need as they navigate their early and teenage years. I want that support and that counselling to be given to our children. I do not want children to believe that they can change their sex. Does Dr. Muldoon believe that children can change their sex?