Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I also thank the Minister. We are all pleased to be on this committee and we look forward to working constructively together on it. As agreed, we will concentrate on the first programme, programme A.

The first question relates to the additional resources in terms of child welfare and protection services. There is a concern about unallocated cases in particular. Could the Minister give some information on what progress has been made in that regard? What is the situation with cases that might still not have been allocated the appropriate support?

Could I also ask about Oberstown? In the output targets there is a reference to completing the transfer of responsibility to the Oberstown campus for the detention of male children who are serving a sentence of detention on foot of recruitment of new care staff. Is that on target? The Minister referred to the funding that was required for it. In 2015, under the subheading, A7, youth justice, children detention schools - perhaps that is A4 although it is listed as A7 in the document I have.