Mr. Pat Smyth:

I will give an answer on CARI on behalf of Ms Duggan. It is important to say we are in discussions with CARI all the time. The services it currently delivers are only partly funded, and have only ever been partly funded, by Tusla. We have worked with CARI over the last number of years to increase those services, but a lot of its services were previously funded through philanthropic donations rather than by the State. As to what the CEO asked in terms of the demand from the agency, it is a figure of about €1.2 million. This year we have been funding CARI to the extent of about €750,000 and are going to give it additional funding to take it to the end of 2023, but the CEO has sought to look at the model of care CARI is delivering to see how it can be delivered within the funding that is going to be available for next year. Within those discussions we can see what funding is there.