Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 814: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking towards the putting of the Children First guidelines on a statutory footing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24243/11]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Government is attaching a high priority to the preparation of legislation to underpin Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children. My Department is in the process of developing detailed legislative proposals in this regard which I will bring to Government for approval.