Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth meets for discussion on issues relating to Foster Care

The Committee will engage with stakeholders regarding “Issues relating to Foster Care” and will hear submissions from:

EPIC – Ms Marissa Ryan, Chief Executive, Ms Lauren O’Toole, Mr Rory Brown. 

Irish Foster Care Association – Ms Catherine Bond, Chief Executive, Mr Raymond Nolan, Chairperson, Mr Brendan Gillen, Treasurer, Dr Helen Gogarty. 

Irish Association of Social Workers, Ms Aine McGuirk, Social Worker, Dr Valerie O’Brien, Chair of IASW Social Workers in Foster Care Special Interest Group, Social Worker and Assistant Professor in School of Social Policy, UCD. 

Minds in Mind, Ms Aoife Bairéad, Independent Social Worker 
 

You can view the meeting in Committee Room 4 on Oireachtas TV