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	<span style="color:#000000;">Robert Troy TD,&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1em;">Fianna Fail</span></span><span style="color:#000000;">&#39;s spokesman on children, last night said that &quot;lessons need to be learned&quot; from the findings of a HSE report into the two cases last month where blond Roma children were taken from their dark-haired parents.</span></p>
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	<span style="color:#000000;">Mr Troy was responding to a report on the details of an investigation by the HSE&#39;s national director for children and family services, Gordon Jeyes.</span></p>
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	<span style="color:#000000;">Mr Jeyes examined both cases where Roma children were separated from their families and said a contributing factor was a breakdown in communication between gardai and the HSE.</span></p>
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	<span style="color:#000000;">The children were taken by the authorities last month after members of the public raised concerns amid the publicity surrounding a similar case in Greece where a blond child found with a Roma family was suspected to be a kidnap victim.</span></p>
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	<span style="color:#000000;">Mr Jeyes found that the HSE only became aware of the case of Iancu Muntean (2), a day after he was taken from his family home in Athlone.</span></p>
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	<span style="color:#000000;">Local social workers were out of the loop because gardai used an emergency HSE helpline to report the case and a private company secured foster care for him overnight.</span></p>
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	<span style="color:#000000;">According to details of Mr Jeyes&#39;s investigation, reported in the media yesterday, the HSE quickly moved to have the boy reunited with his family once it became aware of the case.</span></p>
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	<span style="color:#000000;">In the case of the seven-year-old girl taken from her family in Tallaght, Mr Jeyes questions why HSE social workers didn&#39;t question garda actions after they were told officers were investigating a suspected kidnapping.</span></p>
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	<span style="color:#000000;">Mr Troy last night said: &quot;There appears to have been no inter-agency co-operation in relation to these instances and that is worrying.&quot; He said there is a need for &quot;a clear framework to be put in place&quot; for how agencies interact in cases of child welfare.</span></p>
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	<span style="color:#000000;">The HSE last night refused to comment on the reported details of Mr Jeyes&#39;s findings other than to say his report has been submitted to Children&#39;s Minister&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1em;">Frances Fitz</span><span style="font-size: 1em;">gerald</span>.</span></p>
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	<span style="color:#000000;">The gardai did not respond to&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1em;">Irish I</span><span style="font-size: 1em;">ndependent</span>&nbsp;questions on the report last night.</span></p>
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	<span style="color:#000000;">Justice Minister&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1em;">Alan </span><span style="font-size: 1em;">Shatter</span>&nbsp;has received separate reports on both cases from the&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1em;">Ga</span><span style="font-size: 1em;">rda</span>&nbsp;Commissioner, which are to be forwarded to the Children&#39;s Ombudsman for examination.</span></p>
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	<span style="color:#000000;">Mr Troy called for the reports to be published after consultation with the children&#39;s parents.</span></p>
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