Child protection 'must be top priority' [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 22 July 2011
The Minister for Children has stated that legislation reforms to strengthen the country's child protection services must ensure the welfare of young people is the number one priority.
Speaking in the Dail this week as part of the government's response to the Clyne report into the Vatican's role in child protection, Frances Fitzgerald said changes must be made, the Irish Times reports.
"Never again should someone be allowed to place the protection of the institution or organisation above the protection of children," she stated.
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