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Mon 07 Jul 2008Ombudsman raised lack of 24-hour child welfare service several times
THE OMBUDSMAN for Children Emily Logan last night said she had raised the lack of a 24-hour social welfare service on numerous occasions, following reports that a child had to sleep in a Garda station because no social workers could be contacted.
Ms Logan said she has recommended the creation of a 24-hour social welfare service to both the Government and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Her comments came after it emerged that a 15-year-old boy had to sleep in a Garda station because social workers could not be contacted outside normal business hours.
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