James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There have been a number of positive developments regarding foster care that have taken place in recent times. The primary legislation governing child care policy is the Child Care Act, 1991, and the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013. The report of the working group on foster care published in 2001 addresses meeting the needs of children in foster care, meeting the needs of children with additional needs in foster care, helping foster carers meet the children's needs, placement of children with relative foster carers, providing safe care for children in foster care and future organisation and management of the foster care service.

I am aware that there have been many terrible stories of people in foster care in the past.

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