Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 6 December 2012, the rates for foster payments that will apply in 2013. [2185/13]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Fostering involves caring for someone else’s child in one’s own home and providing a family life for a child. Foster care provides the best way for children to experience family life and begin to deal with their situation, whether for a short or long foster placement. The weekly Foster Care Allowance remains at €325 for children under 12 years and €352 for children over 12 years, for 2013. This allowance is paid to foster carers in recognition of the obligations placed on foster carers to meet the needs set out in the child’s statutory care plan and to meet the standards set out in the National Foster Care Standards.