Ms Kate Duggan:

The financial costs for the agency, to understand, these are young people, most of whom are in single placements because of the complexity of their need. They need 168 hours of care within the week. The average cost of running one of these placements, even if we were to run it, or the community and voluntary sector was to run it, would be about €15,000 a week or €15,500 a week because the staffing ratio is 2:1. It is the other cost-----