Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Tusla was set up four years ago because of cases where neglect was permitted to continue by State agencies. In my area, the Grace case famously happened and we all know about that. Is Tusla able to guarantee that nothing like that will happen today? In the Grace case, a neglected child was left in foster care for years and years without anyone doing anything about it. It was ignored despite the fact that the HSE was aware of it. We had evidence given at this committee by witnesses, but no one could give us a satisfactory answer as to why that happened. Is it possible to give a guarantee that something like that cannot happen now with Tusla up and running, provided with resources, improving by the year and seeking further resources? Can we be sure a case of those proportions will never happen again? I know one can never say never, but is that the case generally speaking?