S (No. 3) (Care Proceedings) (Article 56: Placement in the Republic of Ireland), Re

Mr. Alex Taylor of counsel (instructed by the legal department) for the local authority Mr. Dorian Day of counsel (instructed by Hecht Montgomery Solicitors) for the mother Mr. Mark Calway of counsel (instructed by Morrison Spowart Solicitors) for the father Mr. Michael George of JWP Solicitors for the foster carers Ms Evelyn Norman of Jones Myers Solicitors for the child Hearing date: 18th � 20th, 25th � 27th March 2019 Judgment circulated in draft on 27th March 2019 Final judgment handed down on 3rd June 2019 ____________________

c. that S should have supervised contact with M and F after the making of the order.

a. that there is no reasonably realistic prospect that it will be in S's interests to return to the care of her parents during her minority, and so the placement with the FCs should be considered as likely and intended to endure throughout S's minority and beyond; or

b. that M and / or F can be considered sufficiently likely to effect significant changes in their psychological functioning and general circumstances to justify considering the placement as in essence temporary; for various reasons set out more fully below, the parents' positions have coalesced around a target period, at which they would be able to demonstrate that they could safely and appropriately care for S, of no longer than about two years from now.

a. the need for this court to set in place a contact regime, for the benefit of S, the parents and the FCs, which is not susceptible of challenge by way of re-litigation in the immediate future,