Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 64: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to her previous parliamentary question reply of 12 July 2011, the progress she has made in conjunction with the Department of Justice and Equality in establishing the promised missing children's hotline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26078/11]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The introduction of a missing children's hotline has been the subject of discussions between my Department, other Government Departments and prospective service providers including NGOs. The notification of a missing child is a matter for the Garda Síochána, and accordingly I am in contact with my colleague Mr Alan Shatter TD, Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence in seeking to jointly achieve the establishment of this service.

In the current financial it is essential that the most economic approach possible is taken to providing any service. I would hope that a partnership approach can achieve a cost effective solution to the implementation of this important initiative and my Department is committed to seeking to achieve this outcome.