Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has obtained an interim care order for the baby girl who was found abandoned on the roadside in Rathcoole in Dublin last Friday.
Efforts are continuing to locate the parents of the baby, who has been named 'Maria'.
She is currently being cared for at the Coombe Hospital in Dublin before being placed in foster care.
The Family Court in Dublin yesterday heard she needs ongoing treatment in both the Coombe and Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin.
The judge granted a 28-day order, and if the parents do not come forward in that time the case will come before the court.
Dr Louise Crowley is senior lecturer in family law at University College Cork.
Some of the items found with the abandoned baby | Image: Frank Greaney
A close-up of the Primark Home blanket | Image: Juliette Gash
It is reported that gardaí have received a number of calls from the public, after an appeal for information yesterday.
Officershave called on the child's mother to contact them - and assured her she would be treated with compassion.
She was found on Friday in Steelstown inside a black plastic bag, which was inside a paper Marks and Spencer bag.
The baby girl is thought to have been between 24 to 36 hours old when she was found on the Steelstown Road, near Rathcoole close to the N7.
The gardaí and child and family agency, TUSLA, held a news conference yesterday.
