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

I welcome that a business plan is being put in place by Tusla. On the day of the conference we heard that 6,144 children are in receipt of aftercare plans. A large proportion of these 6,144 children, who were in attendance at the conference, were of the view that they are not getting the aftercare plan to which they are entitled, and for two reasons. First, if they were in care for less than six months, they did not qualify and, second, if they were over 17 years of age they also did not qualify. I hope that this issue will be addressed in the context of the business plan. Another issue raised at the conference was the situation facing children who did receive an aftercare plan in that unlike every other child of 17, 18 or 19 years of age living at home if they fell out of education their aftercare plan fell apart.

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