Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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992. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department intends to develop a policy relating to children in informal kinship care, following the recommendation made by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14043/23]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I welcome the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Children. I am currently examining them in detail with a view to addressing them in the forthcoming new National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2023-2028.

In response to the recommendation made by the Committee in relation to children in informal kinship care, my Department is currently undertaking a scoping exercise. This exercise will identify the key issues and information required to inform the development of a policy specifically to address the needs of children and families in private care arrangements/informal kinship care in Ireland.