Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 28: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in the care of the State who have not seen their social worker for more than ten months. [32509/11]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter with the most up-to-date information.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 29: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to implement the recommendations of the independent review group on child deaths. [32512/11]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The report of the Independent Review Group on Child Deaths is at an advanced stage of preparation. I expect to receive the report in the coming weeks. The Report will be presented to Government, following which it is my intention to lay it before the Houses of the Oireachtas and publish. Without pre-empting the work of the group, I am anticipating that the change programme already underway in HSE Child and Family Services will be an important part of the response to the recommendations of the Group. Of course, I will need to consider the content of the report in full prior to commenting on recommendations contained therein.