Mr. Pat Smyth:

I will let my colleagues talk about the longitudinal study because there is work going on around that. One of the points that is really worth getting out there is that when children age out at 18, we place a lot of emphasis on ensuring that there are clear aftercare plans for those young people. For a large majority of them, we continue to provide both financially and in terms of service, care and assistance. Many of them are in education. Kids today are more likely to be 19 doing the leaving certificate. Although they legally become an adult at 18, they remain effectively in the care of the State. We have just over 2,000 young people aged over 18 who are in formal aftercare arrangements with us.