Seanad debates
Thursday, 8 May 2003
National Standards for Foster Care: Statements.
I know of children who have been in other children's hospitals because of violence, but they were not victims of violence themselves. They were, quite correctly, taken out of the family home but ended up in acute beds in one of our children's hospitals for up to two years. That is not right and must be avoided at all costs. I remember one child in particular who was trying to make approaches to anyone who came into the ward by running forward to seek affection and establish some sort of relationship. The child was brought in as an infant and was, by this stage, about two or two and a half. This must be guarded against very much.
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