Ms Tanya Ward:

One way to address this is by providing them with aftercare. One of the problems is that it is very difficult to get aftercare for people who were 16 when they entered the childcare system. There should be an exception for those young people because they do not have a family. They arrived here with no adult to be there for them to back them up, as is the case with any other child with a family in Ireland. This is the solution for them. They should be kept in aftercare. Providing aftercare, making the asylum application and making the family unification application so the family can arrive and look after them and be there for them is the solution for them.