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An NUI Galway PhD researcher, who is undertaking an historical study of foster care in 20th century Ireland, is seeking interviewees for the project.

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson for Children, Robert Troy, has called on the Minister for Children, James Reilly, to take immediate action to reform the child protection and welfare systems and fully implement the recommendations of the Eighth Report of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection.

The HSE is seeking foster carers who can provide stable homes, both short and long term, for young people aged eight to 18 years. Foster carers currently provide care to 1,215 children in the west.

With three weeks remaining before Irish citizens vote on an amendment to the constitution, information on the proposed changes arrived in most letter boxes this week.

A fostering agency is recruiting interested adults (couples/single persons) to provide foster care/supported lodgings to children//teenagers/young people who cannot remain at home and need some “time away” to assist their development, wellbeing and care.

Foster carers across the Midlands who are waiting for foster carer payments may not be paid until March this year, it has emerged.

There are 111 children in care in Mayo through no fault of their own. These are the most vulnerable people in our society and they have been failed. There are myriad reasons why children find themselves in care, but when they are let down by their carers, it’s like they have been neglected all over again.