State spends €11m caring for just 11 children

The State spent more than €11m on the care of just 11 children last year, figures reveal.

Concern has also been expressed at revelations the State is paying over €100,000 per child in foster care per year, yet just €15,000 of that is paid to the foster families.

Figures obtained by the Irish Examiner from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, show that the most troubled children in the care of the State require enormous levels of support at huge cost.