Mr. Brian Lee:

I do not want to prejudice a case. We need to be able to effectively get into our prosecutorial and regulatory actions. That is in the best interest of children and families, therefore, I cannot go into the specific details of the case.

On the Deputy's question as to whether our inspection regime is effective, a cast-iron guarantee cannot be given that everything can be picked up in an inspection. The Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, cannot provide that cast-iron guarantee. Tusla cannot provide it. If there are child protection concerns, we rely on people in the services, or parents, to bring those to our attention through unsolicited information. Tusla works on an intelligence-driven inspectorate model where we receive information from other people that informs our inspection work. On inspection, we pick up breaches of compliance, which we address through our enforcement proceedings. We have added conditions to more than 100 services. We have been very effective in that respect. In respect of Hyde and Seek, I cannot go into the specific details but I can absolutely assure the Deputy that we will use the full rigour of the law in the context of those services now that we have very clear evidence, in terms of footage, that has been brought to our attention.