Vulnerable still being failed, says opposition

VULNERABLE children at risk of abuse are still being failed by the state, opposition parties last night warned.

Fine Gael children’s spokesperson Alan Shatter said it was scandalous that the report into the endemic culture of child rape in religious run institutions still needed to recommend to the Government it fully implement the provisions of the Children First protection proposals from 1999.

The guidelines deal with how allegations of abuse and neglect of children should be handled and are still not in place across the board.