Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health if she will account for the delay in implementing the 116000 hotline number for missing children. [14383/11]

Arthur Spring (Kerry North-West Limerick, Labour)
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Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health if the EU-recommended 116000 hotline for missing children will be set up here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14396/11]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 328 and 329 together.

The purpose of the 116000 phone number is to provide a contact number to families if children go missing. My Department is in discussions with other Departments in relation to the Development of a hotline for missing children. The issue of missing children is a matter for the Garda Síochána.