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

On the ratio of social workers and the number of young social workers leaving because they are burned out and so on, is it a question of more support being needed? Is there a danger that foster carers will be lost because of the difficulties in providing support for them? We can make a strong argument for putting more resources into the system, whether it be people or money. Many children leaving care will end up becoming homeless at a later stage in their lives. That raises the argument about the need for after-care plans.

As a committee, we want to make recommendations. Are there other issues the delegates want to add that would strengthen the case we want to make? Reference was made to Scotland. Are there international models of best practice to which we could point and, if so, to follow up on Deputy Tom Neville's question, how much more would it cost?