Disruption, Displacement, Discontinuity: Children in Care and Their Families in Ireland Book

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	Acknowledgements
1	Introduction	1
2	Socio-historical background	13
3	Legal aspects of substitute care in Ireland	31
4	Admissions to and discharges from care	43
5	Familial and kinship characteristics	73
6	Formal family support services	95
7	Reasons for admission and discharge from care	105
8	Experiences in care	145
9	Traveller children in care	167
10	Conclusions and recommendations	185
	App. A Health board areas and population densities	205
	App. B The general structure of Ireland's health care system	206
	App. C Community care structure	207
	App. D Health board programme structure	208
	App. E Phased implementation of Child Care Act 1991 - provisions commenced as of 1 December 1992	209
	Bibliography	211