Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The backdrop to this question is the EPIC conference on care-leavers held in Dublin Castle about three weeks ago. The question posed to me and other members of the panel on that day, including representatives from Tusla and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, was how much funding allocated to the Tusla budget in 2017 will go towards implementation of the provisions on aftercare as provided for in the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015. Perhaps also the Minister would give an update on the progress being made by Tusla in ensuring that every child leaving care has an aftercare plan in place.

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