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A RECORD 5,477 children are in care, according to the latest figures from the Health Service Executive (HSE). The HSE has argued the rising number of children being taken into care reflects the nation’s changing demographics, with more children in the general population. The official figures show that by the end of June, the number of children in care had climbed to 5,477, including 423 in residential care.
That compares with the figure of 5,336 at the end of 2006, according to Barnardos, and a figure of 4,921 back in 2002. As of the end of June this year, a total of 4,731 children were in foster care. The HSE’s director of child and family services, Aidan Waterstone, said: “There is a gradual upward trend in the figures which is going to represent the changes in demographics and the bigger numbers of children in the population.”He said the number of children in care here was “not out of line” with international comparators.
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