asked the Minister for Health if he will sympathetically consider taking steps to alter the present statutory position which precludes him from approving boarding-out allowances in respect of children over the age of sixteen years who would normally qualify but whose applications were received after their sixteenth birthday (details supplied).
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Boarding-out Allowances.
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In the normal course boarding out allowances cease when a child reaches sixteen years of age. However, a health authority may, with my consent, continue to support a child who has reached 16 years to enable him to complete his education.