Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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Question 45: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Health Information and Quality Authority will begin their public consultation on standards for oversight of the Health Service Executive child protection services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32516/11]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has convened a Standards Advisory Group to advise on the development of National Standards for the Protection and Welfare of Children. The Advisory Group, which comprises a wide representation of people from the health and social care sector has met several times and continues to advise HIQA on the draft standards, prior to a wider public consultation. The Authority anticipates that it will be in a position to commence the public consultation by the end of the year. The draft standards will then be amended based on feedback received from the consultation process and the final draft standards will be forwarded to me for approval.