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

I have some ongoing concerns. This was dealt with when we discussed amendments Nos. 7 and 8, which we supported. We did not link that with the proposition to delete the reference to the transfer. With respect, we are entitled to have sight of exactly what is in the Family Support Agency Act 2001 that the Minister does not envisage being transferred. If these functions are not being vested in any other agency or Department, are they remaining within the HSE? The Minister's replies pose more questions than answers. It is not what we have understood to be her intent heretofore.

To win our support for this, the Minister will have to give greater elaboration. We are entitled to know what is not being transferred and what is to become of it. I expect we will not have a twin-track situation. I presume the Family Support Agency will be done and dusted on the establishment day of the new child and family agency. Will the Minister confirm that is the case? Where does the legislation state that the Family Support Agency's responsibilities, even if it is without some particular areas, are being transferred to the new agency? The Minister is deleting it entirely. It is not even an amendment to be more particular or specific or to say it is less than the whole or all of its parts. What the Minister is actually doing is deleting it entirely, and she changes Part 10 by doing so.