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Wed 07 Jul 2009Reporting of suspected abuse now compulsory
TEACHERS, NURSES and other State employees who deal with children will be obliged to report cases of suspected child abuse to authorities under reforms to strengthen the child protection system.
The measure forms part of a 99-point plan for implementing the recommendations of the Ryan report into institutional child abuse. Other significant measures due to come into force include a national memorial to act as a reminder of the neglect and abuse of victims of child abuse, and consideration of a “national date of atonement”.
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