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

I appreciate the leniency of the Chair and I appreciate the Minister using this opportunity to update us. The Minister said that his priority is that no child is at risk of harm and I welcome that. Can he tell us categorically that no child is at risk of harm? How many cases are we talking about in terms of failure to report?

In terms of ensuring that there are sufficient numbers of staff to deal with this issue, have staff been redeployed from another area, are agency staff being taken on or must we go through the process of recruitment? I welcome that there is a contact number and the external experts. I am only trying to take it in, to be honest.