Seven-year study to track well-being of children

THE Government is to track the progress of 18,000 children over the next seven years to help inform future policy on services for young people.

The research programme is likely to be the most significant such work in relation to children and is being funded by the Office of the Minister for Children, Brian Lenihan.

He has engaged the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and the Children’s Research Centre at Trinity College Dublin to carry out the task.