Mr. Pat Smyth:

The national childcare information system, NCCIS, is the operational system social workers utilise. We got that running in every area in July of last year. A lot of work is still being done to make maximum use of it, but we already have very high usage numbers. At this point all of the immediate information about children is on the system. In respect of a kid up to the age of 18, there was a lot of information in paper files and in other formats going back years, so an awful lot of work has been done. If a child was in our care or came to our attention when he or she was one, two, or three, that old information is needed if that child happens to turn up again when he or she is 12 or 13. That is what people are now working through.