Government launches biggest ever research project into lives of care leavers

Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration Roderic O'Gorman is prioritising research to understand the lives of children in care and adults who were in care.

The largest ever examination of the lives of children in care and adults who spent time in care as children is being launched by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

The research will be the most comprehensive ever undertaken and will hear from children about their pathways through the care system, and examine the long term outcomes for people who have left care over a 10-year period, tracking their journey to adulthood.