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Pension Meeting today, very constructive discussion around pension for Fostercarers Department of Social Protection Thank you Heather Humphreys for arranging access to assistant secretary general & principal officers. #M4cif #movementforchange

So proud of alan, Kai Brosnan (He/Him)🏳️‍⚧️ + Jamie Adams for their work on the Care Experiences Project - the website is now live, visit gov.ie/careexperiences for further information. #CareAware

Congratulations EPIC, Empowering People in Care Children's Rights Alliance The Irish Foster Care Association @dcediy Roderic O’Gorman TD on the launch of the care experience website . #m4cif #movementforchange

Young adults leaving state care are to have their student accommodation costs covered from the next college year. "This came about because of the incredible work of a group called EPIC, Empowering People in Care who work with children in state care.." - Simon Harris TD 😊 rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

Excellent 👌 news !

Sephine Morris Foster Carers 4 Change Tusla - Child and Family Agency The Irish Foster Care Association EPIC, Empowering People in Care Heart breaking and brave. We need more awareness of FASD, government support, a constructive education programme rolled out to all teens in schools, and warnings about drinking during pregnancy should be HIGHLY visible on every train, bus, Dr. Surgery, TV, street nationwide.

Thank you to foster carer Frank for sharing his experience of FASD fasdireland.ie/podcast

Awareness & Education ⤵️

Would the role of the foster carer be elevated? Especially those children with full care orders and part of a fostering family? Enduring relationship definition? rte.ie/news/politics/… Leo Varadkar Roderic O’Gorman TD Gareth Noble EPIC, Empowering People in Care TREOIR

Such clarity on issues is to be commended @MattShanahanTD

irishtimes.com/ireland/social… Is this the reality of alternative care in Ireland Jack Power how is this transference felt by foster carers ?

👇 this !

A judgment has been delivered today in the High Court concerning educational assessments under the Disability Act. The model expecting schools to do assessments for the HSE was found to be inappropriate and unlawful and in contravention of the Disability Act. (1/2)

AsIAm Niamh Mellerick NCSE So moving on educational assessments must be done with an appropriately qualified assessor (by agreement of schools if they are to be involved) and must focus on what the child needs rather than on what is available to schools currently. That’s a simple but massive shift

facebook.com/share/v/FoLcrX… Barry Keoghan Thank you for speaking so kindly of fostering families.

Opening of children’s residential homes in Louth and Monaghan will create 25 new jobs It's a hollow headline ...sad to see residential needed over Fostercare 🥹 Irish Independent Foster Carers 4 Change independent.ie/regionals/lout…

irishtimes.com/ireland/social… Foster carers provide homes for such children at a fraction of the cost of such residential homes .... Yet no training around restraint has been routinely offered? Conor Gallagher The Irish Times

𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚’𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 “𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭”—𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐤 Tusla’s Donegal foster care service might technically boast that no child was left without a placement

Canary in the coalmine 🐦 Norma Foley T.D Department of Public Expenditure Kate Duggan