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

Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis na bhfinnéithe as bheith anseo. I apologise but I will have to depart in three or four minutes to take part in an interview so I will have to be very brief. If it is any consolation, as it happens, one of my priority questions for later concerns the updating of Garda IT systems with the specific aim of tackling child abuse online, so I will raise some of the issues in Mr. Toland's statement with the Minister.

I will ask just three questions. I would appreciate it if Mr. Toland could address them together insofar as possible and I will try to look back on the transcript for any of the other contributions. It is about 12 months, I think, since the publication of the section 12 audit carried out by Dr. Geoffrey Shannon. That report was very much of the view that individual gardaí were doing all they could and were very committed and professional but that there were systemic failings that related not just to An Garda Síochána but to Tusla as well. Will Mr. Toland give his view of the progress in this area, generally speaking? One of the recommendations in the report was the need for co-location in terms of multi-agency work. Will Mr. Toland comment on that? In addition, is he satisfied with the functioning of the protection services bureaux to date?