Residential places plan is welcome

THE Government allocation of 38.9m euro to provide support care for troubled children should be money well spent.

This is an area that certainly deserves priority, because money spent properly now could help to straighten out those troubled children before they turn into maladjusted adults who will become an even greater and more dangerous burden on society.

Many, if not most of the children in question, are victims of unfortunate circumstances, usually through no fault of their own.