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Introduction I am very pleased to be here at this Conference and I would like to thank the Adoption Authority of Ireland for organising it and for the Authority’s continued commitment to...

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is to fight for more money to`fund community based projects combatting child poverty. Minister Katherine Zappone made the commitment...

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone has announced €2m in funding to the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) to support their work with children...

An €8.25m scheme to provide free childcare to under 5-year olds living in emergency accommodation is being extended outside Dublin to nine other regions, the Minister for Children...

Katherine Zappone TD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has today (11 April 2017) published the Second Interim Report of the Commission on Mother and Baby Homes...

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone TD, today announced that a request for tenders for the provision of services to measure and assess the quality...

Scouting organisations, Sports, the Arts and LGBT Youth are among groups to benefit from €10.6m in funding, according to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs...

I thank the Joint Committee and its Chairman, Deputy Daly, for providing me and officials of my Department with the opportunity to brief the Committee on the General Scheme of the Child...

Good afternoon, Chair, ladies and gentlemen. I’m delighted to be here this afternoon to address this Conference, which marks 25 years since the 1991 Child Care Act came into force...

A full review of the child care act will ensure that children in crisis are given supports, protections and a voice in their future, according to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs...