Probe into HSE help to homeless children
Emily Logan announced the consultation process yesterday amid concerns in her office that the HSE is overusing and extending a provision of the Childcare Act that places out-of-home children in an emergency intervention service.
Ms Logan said she wants to hear from as many out-of-home children as possible in the coming months. Out-of-home children are defined as those who sleep rough, whose usual night residence is a public or private shelter, emergency lodging or B&B that lacks the other characteristics of a home and/or intended for a short stay.
