Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 31 March 2015
425. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to establish a longitudinal study over ten years which would follow young persons who leave care in order to map their transition into adulthood. [12925/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy is aware, the recommendation that the Child and Family Agency would conduct a longitudinal study to follow young people who leave care for ten years to map their transition to adulthood, is contained at action 65 of the Ryan Report recommendations. At the last meeting of the Ryan Monitoring Implementation Group, held on 6th November 2014, the Child and Family Agency indicated that this action had not yet been implemented due to resource restrictions.
I therefore requested that a business case for additional resources be prepared, and I am advised that the Child and Family Agency subsequently made contact with a number of research institutions in the context of an initial scoping exercise for this research. Following preliminary discussions with officials from my Department, it has been agreed that the Agency will revert to my Department with a formal project proposal which will inform considerations on how best to progress the issue.
