Coordination of lists within health boards
Shatter asked how multiple local lists were coordinated when families moved within a board area; Woods said community-care directors consulted about the lists and he would inquire into the arrangements.
The Minister indicated that within each health board area there is more than one list—I believe there are at least ten lists of children at risk maintained by the Eastern Health Board— and I should like to know the extent of co-operation or co-ordination that exists within the health boards in relation to those lists. In other words, if a family moves from one part of Dublin to another part of the county how is that noted? Is there a central register within health boards? If that register does not exist does the Minister agree that the maintenance of lists is grossly defective and does not provide adequate information to protect children?
