Mr. Eamonn Donnelly:

One big aspect of the answer to that question is blame culture. I am not referring to social workers only but to all staff in Tusla. It is not possible to prevent child protection issues from arising. We cannot do that but every time there is controversy someone will look for a scapegoat and it comes back to the organisation, where there is a culture of blame. It is very difficult to work at the epicentre of that. The health service offers different options, such as the opportunity to work in primary care as part of a multidisciplinary team with speech and language therapists and so on where one has the opportunity to help in a different away. These are attractive options.