Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for her presentation. I will overlap slightly on what Deputy O'Sullivan already said. First, with regard to Oberstown, what is the position on staff training?

Second, with regard to Tusla and social care workers, additional funding was allocated at the end of 2015-early 2016. How many staff have been recruited into social care work positions and are we still recruiting? What is the position? Also, I tabled a parliamentary question last week to which I received a comprehensive answer but it seems a large number of children had unallocated social care workers. One area comes to mind. The figure for Waterford was 11%, while Dublin-Wicklow was hitting a rate of 18%. Where are we going on that in terms of the last quarter of the year?

Third, on the legislation, in 2015 the output target was to enact the Child Care (Amendment) Bill. Do we have an output target for 2016 in terms of legislation?