Mr. Pat Healy:

In children services, there are full child care protocols in line with Children First that must be followed.

In respect of adults, we now have, for the first time, a national safeguarding policy for adults. It is the first time in Ireland that this has been implemented. It means there is now a policy both for children and adults. There is a statutorily based one for children; the national safeguarding policy is not statutorily based but it is there and all service providers have been confirmed. That is what the national summits have been about, namely, implementing that. One of the good things that has come out of this very damaging and bad situation is this national policy for safeguarding adults. It was one of the key recommendations of the Devine report and for the first time, that has been implemented. That is a very good thing.