Ciara Conway (Waterford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We have a follow-up meeting next week when I hope to get a cross-departmental attendance in order that the issue is not just put at the door of the Departments of Education and Skills, Social Protection or Children and Youth Affairs but at local authorities and the Department of Justice and Equality to start the proverbial banging of heads together. Children's services committees offer a significant opportunity and a platform to deliver the kind of change that is badly needed and to ensure that people understand that we all have a responsibility. It is not just an onus on a parent or child because children do not just live in families, they live in communities. That has come to the fore from the dialogue today. I thank the representatives for their time. I am sure we will be in contact again before the completion of the report.