The Health Service Executive can confirm that the childcare manager in Wexford Community Services was contacted last Saturday afternoon (April 21st, 2007) by gardaí in relation to a family in the area.
The childcare manager reminded the gardaí of the out- of-hours services - that is Caredoc for medical concerns - and section 12 of the Childcare Act 1991 for children at risk, which allows the gardaí to remove a child to a place of safety, which in Wexford would be Wexford General Hospital.