Róisín Shortall
Question:124 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 392 of 23 March 2004, if the onward placement for this person to a centre (details supplied) on the impending closure of City Lodge was withdrawn on 24 March 2004; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this withdrawal was due to serious concerns as previously highlighted by the person’s court appointed guardian ad litem; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that good practice in relation to care planning for individual children and young persons, including the Statutory Child Care Regulations 1995, requires sufficient time for this person’s care plan to be revised with clinical input by their consultant psychiatrist and for the proposed alternative referral to be properly considered by the person and their court appointed guardian ad litem; if this vital care planning stage will not be pre-empted by moving this person prematurely from their present placement; if, therefore, in accordance with the undertaking given by him on 23 March 2004 that City Lodge will not be closed down until the person has been moved to their new accommodation, he will reverse the instructions to the manager of City Lodge to close same on the 5 April 2004 and allow City Lodge to remain open until a date yet to be determined. [10424/04]
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