Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide funding and resources to set up the 116000 EU hotline number for missing children in view of the number of children who go missing here. [13291/11]

Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the missing children hotline number (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13525/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 302 and 331 together.

The purpose of the 116000 phone number is to provide a contact number to families if children go missing. While the Office of the Minister for Children was involved in ongoing discussions with other Government Departments in relation to the development of a hotline for missing children, the establishment of the hotline for missing children is a matter for the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources The issue of missing children is a matter for the Garda Síochána.