Mr. Gordon Jeyes:

I am not trying to duck this issue in any way but there are points of the country where I am so proud of the quality of staff who have regained their confidence, who see problems and try to do things differently. Let me give an example. What is happening in Waterford is quite the opposite and feedback loops have been created, schools and family resource centre and other community partners are taking action. This is happening at the right level, so in fact the number of referrals to social workers is going down. That is movement in the right direction. We have got to bring back confidence. I am distressed to know that anybody can give up on this service. This is hard work. People walk away from this work. We will not give up on this service. I would welcome a further conversation with Deputy Fleming. We trade on people being confident. We need to restore credibility. I think we have done some of that in some areas but not enough.