James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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565. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children aged between 0 and 18 years of age who died while under the care of the HSE in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23183/18]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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I refer the Deputy to my answer to Parliamentary Question No. 526 of 22/05/2018, which requested similar information.

I can advise the Deputy that a child or young person who is the subject of a legal court order or through voluntary parental consent, is placed in foster care or residential care with either state, private or voluntary providers.

Prior to the establishment of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency in 2014, child protection services, including State care, were carried out by the Health Services Executive (HSE).

Between 1 January 2011 and 16 May 2018, a total of 19 children sadly passed away while in the care of Tusla. The following table outlines the total, year by year.

Deaths of children in care, by year