31 Márta 2014, 10:53
The Heads of the Aftercare Bill 2014 will be on the agenda of the Committee on Health and Children Department of Children & Youth Affairs tomorrow, Tuesday, 1st April 2014 when it meets with representatives from the Department of Children & Youth Affairs, the Child & Family Agency, Barnardos, Focus Ireland, EPIC, and the Children Rights Alliance.
Committee Chairman, Jerry Buttimer TD said: “Last month, the Government published the General Scheme and Heads of the Aftercare Bill 2014 and referred them to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children. This proposed legislation will strengthen the legislative provisions for aftercare by amending the Child Care Act 1991 to place a statutory duty on the Child and Family Agency to prepare an aftercare plan for each eligible child. Tomorrow, we will meet with officials from the Department of Children & Youth Affairs, the Child & Family Agency who will have an opportunity to outline in detail their perspectives on the draft legislation.”
The meeting will be held, in Committee Room 2, LH2000, at 5.15 pm on Tuesday, 1st April, 2014.
Committee proceedings can be followed live here.
Committee proceedings can also be viewed on the move, through the Houses of the Oireachtas Smartphone App, available for Apple and Android devices.
Media Enquiries to:
Ciaran Brennan,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2
Committee Membership:
Deputies: Jerry Buttimer (Chair), Catherine Byrne, Ciara Conway (Vice-Chair), Regina Doherty, Robert Dowds, Peter M Fitzpatrick, Seamus Healy, Billy Kelleher, Eamonn Maloney, Mattie McGrath, Sandra McLellan, Dan Neville, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and Robert Troy
Senators: Colm Burke, John Crown, John Gilroy, Imelda Henry, Marc Mac Sharry and Jillian Van Turnhout