Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and it is currently before the Oireachtas being debated, as the Deputy is aware. A Bill to provide a statutory right to an aftercare plan is currently being drafted and will be published shortly. Since the publication of the review group's report, HIQA has continued its work in reviewing both fostering and child protection and welfare services, and is supporting the aim of continuously improving these. Finally, following the publication of the review group's report, the national panel process for the review of child deaths has been greatly strengthened. Guidance for the national panel review was revised and published last year. HIQA now has a very specific oversight role in auditing the independence of that panel, and the panel reports directly to the board of Tusla under the new arrangements. These are some of the areas of work that are currently under way following that.

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