Mr. Fred McBride:

Perhaps I could take that. We, at Tusla, have not done that specific analysis, and as we have already acknowledged, the actual numbers of guardians ad litemare quite small. We have done analysis, of course, of our general turnover of staff, and the rate at which we need to replace them. We are conscious within that, that working at the coal-face of child protection is exceptionally stressful. In recent times, we have been looking at not just recruitment measures, but retention measures and how we can support staff to stay in practice, to stay in front-line services, particularly in child protection. However, if the Deputy's question is how many child protection workers we are losing to guardians ad litem, we have not done that specific analysis, but as we have already acknowledged, the numbers of guardiansad litemis very small in any event.