Ireland Online
July 28, 2009
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/ireland/plan-promises-major-boost-for-child-protection-services-420397.html
Children's Minister Barry Andrews has published a 99-point plan for implementing the recommendations of the Ryan Report into institutional child abuse.
The plan includes increased funding and staffing for social care services, with 270 new social worker posts to be created within the HSE.
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The National Counselling Service will also get extra money to hire more therapists, while the HSE will begin a long-awaited out-of-hours social care service, which will initially be piloted in two areas.
The Children's First child protection guidelines will be placed on a statutory footing so all public bodies will be forced to comply with them.
In addition, all residential facilities for children will be independently inspected by the Health Information and Quality Authority by end of next year.
A monument will also be erected for the victims of institutional child abuse and the Government is considering plans for a national day of mourning.
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