Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is crucial because unless appropriate resources are allocated at the beginning of the year, organisations will not be able to hire the required people. We are talking about crucial front-line services and the protection and welfare of children. I refer to an internal report presented to the board of the Child and Family Agency last week which stated that the backlogs were so acute in some areas that hundreds of extra staff were needed to bring the numbers back to manageable levels. Has that report been brought to the attention of the Minister?