Section 105, The Child Right Act, 2007

(1) Where – (a) a child has been committed to an approved residential home under a care order; (b) a recommendation has been made by a probation officer or social welfare officer that an approved residential home is the most suitable place for a child; or; (c) a child has been placed in an approved residential home by any person, a committee comprising a probation officer, social welfare officer, person in charge of the approved residential home and two other people from the community with interest in the welfare of children selected by the district council may place the child with a fosterparent. (2) An application to foster a child shall otherwise be made to a probation officer, social welfare officer or to the person in charge of the approved residential home who shall forward the application to the district council. (3) A foster-parent in whose care a child is placed or committed shall have the same responsibilities in respect of the child’s maintenance as the parent of the child while the child remains in his care. (4) A foster-parent is liable for contravention of any provision of this Act. (5) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, make regulations on fosterage.