Imelda Henry (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I congratulate Dr. Muldoon and wish him every success in his new role. So much has happened regarding children over many years in this country. He has touched on a few of the positive things that have happened in the past few years, of which the establishment of Tusla has been one. We would like to see more of him and I ask him to keep in touch more regularly. As Senator van Turnhout said, we are a very good committee and speak about many issues concerning children.

In the next few weeks the committee will visit Oberstown. The term "resources" has been mentioned a few times today. It is something we need to consider. I am a member of a Government party. We need to apply a serious amount of pressure in order to ensure that we get a substantial amount of funding, in particular now that Dr. Muldoon is developing a list of his priorities. That, along with the necessary funding, is very important. We have a job to do to ensure that he gets sufficient money to carry out his list of priorities.