Boy Found Dead in Ditch 24th - or 200th ? Child to Die in Our (HSE) "Care" in 10 Years

[C. Flower]

The report will be published this afternoon, an according to RTE will confirm "unnecessary deaths."

[Dr. FIVE]

Here is the report.

http://www.documentcloud.org/documen...l#document/p20

[C. Flower]

Here is the report.

http://www.documentcloud.org/documen...l#document/p20

Thanks.

We are to be happy that only one in ten of children in care has no social worker or care plan.

While this is an improvement, it is hardly a cause for satisfaction.

[C. Flower]

Alcohol and drug addiction are given as the biggest issues. But it begs the question that alcohol and drug addiction, linked with neglect of children, are very likely symptoms of depression and deprivation. Much more support for mothers and fathers who are for one or another reason under pressure and having difficulties in taking care of their children needed.

[Dr. FIVE]

Just reposting this ahead of the excuses to come

In 2010 the HSE noted nineteen deaths over the same period. Primetime that evening never left me for some reason. Not that there was anything unique but probably because it was the same as every one before. Various departments not or unable to share information was trotted out as the major cause in failing these children. Gardaí and the HSE. Welfare and the HSE. The HSE and another part of the HSE and so on.

Assurances were given.

This week Phil “won’t get away with it” Hogan was throwing his weight around and even threatening to change legislation in his effort to collect the household tax. Last month Social Protection Minister Joan Burton made a great play of the “crackdown” on welfare and the shadow economy. A Special Investigation Unit was rolled out and in 2012 computers were talking to each other and everything through the magic of data matching.

• Various state agencies and bodies are continuing to provide information to the Department of Social Protection which can be used to data match and cross check at initial claim stage and for on-going eligibility for entitlement.
  
• Regular data matches occur with the Revenue Commissioners on commencement of employment and the General Register’s Office on birth, marriages and deaths. Other examples of on-going co-operation include data matching and sharing of information from:
  
• The Irish Prison Service provides information with increased frequency and the Private Security Authority provides the Department with data for control purposes.
• The Department of Education and Skills: provides student data.
• The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: the Commission for Taxi Regulation provides data on taxi/hackney licences.
• Department of Environment, Community & Local Government: information on registered landlords from the Private Residential Tenancies Board is matched against the Department’s payments systems.
• HSE: information is provided about persons who are registered for the Fair Deal Scheme.
  
• Data matching is a very effective method of identifying high risk claims for review and is an example of good cross-departmental co-operation. Existing legislation provides that relevant information can be matched in specific once-off targeted operations or through one-to-one data exchanges for a particular case. There is also good cross-border co-operation with the relevant agencies in Northern Ireland, the UK and in the wider EU regarding control investigations.

Impressive stuff

So again, we should be thankful this report will get a proper airing at a later date. Government have shown they are eager to get communication and information flowing on the important issues.

[C. Flower]

http://www.merrionstreet.ie/index.ph...oup-2000-2010/

Minister's Statement.

[C. Flower]

Danny Talbot's Aunts should have been asked to write this report.

Did I hear them say that 13 children have died this year?

They were just on Drivetime talking about the children on the boardwalk and around who are desperately needy of love and care.

[C. Flower]

Here is the report.

http://www.documentcloud.org/documen...l#document/p20

Dr. FIVE - that's a summary I think. Is the whole report avaiable do you know ?

I haven't been able to find it.

Found this "Options Paper" from February.

http://www.oco.ie/assets/files/issue...paperfeb09.pdf

[Dr. FIVE]

Sin é

http://t.co/ln8Xbo2h



Gordon Jeyes on drivetime says Ireland slipped into a culture of blaming the HSE everything.
Perhaps people got that idea from Mary Harney spending five years telling the Dáil everything was in fact a matter for the HSE.

[Dr. FIVE]

"root and branch"

It was only a matter of time, give me strength

[Newsy]

And who is held responsible for the death of these young people???

[C. Flower]

And who is held responsible for the death of these young people???

Geoffrey Shannon, the author of the report, cited "the refusal of professionals to accept responsibility."

His statement was a devastating critique, delivered at the launch of the Report.
I hope that it is published in full.

[C. Flower]

Thanks for the Report FIVE -

http://www.dcya.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=2172


For every child that died, there must be many more who just survived, and many young adults who are still at great risk.

[Dr. FIVE]

Gilmore confirms today the referendum will be held in the Autumn and on it's own

[bernadette]

It shames us that as a nation of what? 4000,000 people we can't be trusted to look after children. Its obvious that there are always going to be children with problems its to the state to care for and if possible solve those problems.

Our government/s have plenty of money to throw away on banks and expenses.