Ms Maria Corbett:

There are other mechanisms but I just wanted to bring that to the attention of the committee.

Under Brussels II, there is recognition and enforcement of orders and the placement of a child in care in another jurisdiction. Ireland places a number of children in the UK. There are also issues around parental abduction and the transfer of cases where families move but the case is more appropriately heard in another jurisdiction. Under the European Union's Brussels II legislation, there are strong procedures in terms of the requirement to hear the views of the child and clear timelines. There is a real loss in not being able to use Brussels II in regard to the UK jurisdiction. The UK will be a third country and so it will fall outside of it.