Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The Minister of State is fully committed to providing the best possible practice. New arrangements have been in place since January of this year, which were needed. The Minister of State is reviewing the programme since the Children First guidelines came into being. He is seeking to have the report made available. He has involved some of the best and most respected people in this area in the process. They have been apprised of the arrangements put in place to deal with the legal problems that have arisen.

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