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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...is needed for foster care it is very welcome in the context of the need to increase payments, but perhaps I am a little naive to hope that it is also a reflection of an increased number of foster carers. There is an absolutely huge need to improve the conditions of foster carers in order that we can recruit more foster carers. We absolutely need more foster carers. The Minister spoke...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: .... It is called the Living my Life project. It is aimed at younger people who want to live independently, with support, within their communities. It was set up by a group of parents, Proactive Carers Galway. Regardless of the day centres their young people attended, they came together to look at organising this Living my Life project. I will explain the project to the Deputy. Some 32...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy made a number of points there. Of course we want to protect foster care and foster carers and recognise the vital work they do. A full 90% of children in care in Ireland are in foster care and it still compares very favourably internationally. The first step we are taking is a double payment of the foster care payment. That will be paid on 8 December in recognition of the...