James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Fair enough, but it is a legal consideration that we cannot just dismiss. I will leave the questions about how many inspectors will be recruited and whether the Secretary General will provide a Labour Court ruling on the ECCE.

Senator van Turnhout referred to the case of "Luke", which I have covered. We cannot but learn from this case. We have to learn from it and ensure we can look back and say we have addressed the issue at each point where there was a failure to do so to ensure it does not happen again. I can discuss with the Secretary General the matter of the committee not getting the report and see where that takes us. I will ask the Secretary General to address the point about public health nurses not transferring.

How do we know we are succeeding? We need to have measurable outcomes such as knowledge about whether they are attending school as they should and whether they have all completed their leaving certificate. They are only a few things. There are many other parameters at which we should look. With regard to the report on children in direct provision, I do not have a firm view on that as I am not long enough in the post but I will come back to the committee on that. We discussed the right to identity.