Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

To pick up on what Deputy Funchion said, and I know it is illustrative, we have the case of a child placed with another foster child, there were allegations of abuse and the birth mother felt the child should be removed from the situation but this action was not taken. There was another example of a child being returned to the person who was alleged to have abused that child. I accept I am a layperson and these cases are illustrative. Dr. Shannon spoke about mystification in terms of the Garda and I am mystified by a number of these cases.

Briefly, I wanted to ask about the 24-hour service. In his audit, Dr. Shannon found that, in the context of the 24-hour service, gardaí did not necessarily have access to the requisite files on the children who were the subject of section 12 orders. I will ask a very simple question because Dr. Shannon has talked in terms of his confidence in progress and implementation. Does Dr. Shannon believe Tusla is fit for purpose? Does he believe our child protection service is fit for purpose?