'Any child can be vulnerable to trafficking in Ireland'

There is no centralised system for collating whether individual children missing from State care are at risk of sexual exploitation, Children's Minister Norma Foley has revealed.

An organisation working to create awareness of child trafficking is warning that any child can be vulnerable to trafficking in Ireland because of low detection rates here.

The warning by the advocacy group Mecpaths comes as Children's Minister Norma Foley revealed there is no centralised system for collating whether individual children missing from State care are at risk of sexual exploitation.