Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Regarding sanctions and penalties, I am still considering the programme that has triggered today's meeting. Mr. Jeyes spoke about judicial actions in this regard. Without the need for recourse to judicial action, is consideration being given to a more instantaneous response to serious regulatory breaches or repeated such breaches rather than dependence on a protracted judicial process which will not get to the point sufficiently quickly?

I know very well the make-up of those providing such services, and with five children, I have enjoyed and appreciated that very much. I take my cap off to them all. We had only the most wonderful experience. Not to take away from that, while we all might feel apologetic and not want to offend those who are doing such a good job and the network Mr. Jeyes has described, the reality is that it is not about offending anybody but about what is best for our children. The fact that they are doing it is because the State has failed to do it heretofore.