Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

A number of them were found in the meantime.

With regard to the issue of missing children, there is a joint Garda-HSE protocol on the roles and responsibilities of both agencies in regard to children missing from care. It was agreed in April 2009 and it relates to the establishment of a Garda local liaison role with HSE placements and this is working extremely well. The role includes a mechanism to identify children in care who are reported missing frequently and raises the possibility of referring such cases to the appropriate level of authority in both organisations.

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