Children's rights lawyer calls for foster carer rate to be doubled

The rate of €352 per week per foster child has remained the same for a considerable length of time.

A children’s rights lawyer says the current rate for foster carers needs to be doubled or trebled to stem the flow of foster families from the system.

Gareth Noble of KOD Lyons was speaking following the publication of an overview report from the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) on the monitoring and regulation of children’s services in 2021.