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

I wish to make a brief response to Deputy Catherine Byrne. I fully agree with her view that the Bill should be all about children. It is "Children First" and that is the point I was making in engaging with the Minister and bringing attention to the fact that there is an area that is not addressed. The Minister has acknowledged that. He did so in his opening comment and has just done so again. If this is not achievable, let us hear the detail and the information, but I think I am right in highlighting an area that is not addressed and which the Minister has acknowledged is not addressed. My only concern is that we will never, as a committee, have the opportunity to ensure a fully inclusive approach to all the settings that children are and will be placed in. My concern is to ensure that they have safety and legislatively provided rights to proper care and provision. That is my reason for raising the issue. It is not at all to be vexatious.