Minister Frances Fitzgerald to Outline Vision for New Children’s Dept to Oireachtas Committee [oireachtas.ie]
- Published: 05 July 2011
The plans and priorities for the newly established Department of Children and Youth Affairs will be analysed at a meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, tomorrow (6th) at 3:30 pm in Committee Room 4 of Leinster House.
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald TD will make her first address at the Committee. She will be questioned by members regarding her proposals for the Department and on which issues she intends to give priority.
Some of the topics which are likely to be addressed include;
- Plans to establish a new childcare agency separate from the HSE
- The status of the Children’s referendum
- Putting the Children First guidelines on a statutory footing
- Progress with moving responsibility for children and youth affairs from the Department of Health.
