Ms Oonagh Buckley:

We do a lot of training with the management of direct provision centres to make sure that things such as child protocols are maintained. The non-reactive part of the screening is the medical screening. We offer that to everybody who presents seeking international protection. A substantial proportion of applicants take it up. It is very proactive and it is offered proactively. People have to bring other vulnerabilities to our attention. We cannot evaluate whether someone has a particular vulnerability by looking at him or her. These have to be brought to the attention of the staff before we can appropriately assess them.