Mr. Cormac Quinlan:

I would like to pick up on some of those points. We report any suspected abuse to the Garda. Once we believe we have suspected abuse, we report that matter to the Garda as we are obliged to do so under Children First. That can happen at different points in the assessment process but once we suspect abuse we inform the Garda. The Garda investigates that matter separately to us because it is looking at the criminal elements whereas we are looking at the protection of children, but there is ongoing liaison between us in each individual case.