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According to Ireland's Child and Family Agency, Tusla, ten Irish children remained in care placements overseas as of late December 2015. All ten of the children were placed in facilities in Britain.
Tusla has been working to reduce its out-of-state placements during 2015. While the proportion of Irish children in care who are placed overseas is small, the costs of these overseas placements is considerable. The typical cost for maintaining such an overseas placement is around €6,000 per week. Tusla noted that in a small number of cases, a child…