Congolese girl loses bid to have HSE fund care after she turned 18

A VULNERABLE girl taken into the care of the HSE after arriving here alone from the Congo has lost a High Court action aimed at requiring the health services to continue to fund her care after she turned 18.

Congolese girl loses bid to have HSE fund care after she turned 18

The girl was 16 when she arrived in Ireland in 2008 and was in the care of the HSE until June 2010, two months after she turned 18.

Mr Justice Paul Gilligan refused to grant orders quashing the HSE decision to cease providing the girl’s care in June 2010 after she became an adult and a declaration obliging the body to consider her aftercare needs.

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