Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

Many of these deaths are as a result of a failure of State care. I will give him other examples. The Government is using special emergency arrangements at the moment to accommodate children. These are often unregulated, rented accommodations provided by third-parties with questionable vetting standards. Children are going missing every month and these children are being exposed to sexual exploitation. I have raised these cases practically every month for the last five years in this House, as have other organisations across the country. Shockingly, Judge Simms sent a report to the Minister for children which details cases. The Minister for children shredded these reports stating GDPR reasons. The Government actually reported Judge Simms to his superiors for raising his head above the parapet on this situation. The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, cut funding for the Child Law Project just recently. It provides transparency on the operation of the childcare system in the courts. The Taoiseach has said he wants to make this country the best country in Europe in which to be a child. For thousands of children across this country----

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