Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion

Mr. Brian Lee:

The Deputy might let me answer this question because it is very important. We got a formal letter from the RTÉ Investigates team seeking further clarifications regarding our role. We got a very poor and incomplete child protection report on 17 July, which is less than two weeks ago. Also, the RTÉ Investigates programme, and this only came to our attention last week, started to identify concerns in those services last April. It took two and a half months for those to be brought to our attention. We cannot act unless information is brought to our attention.

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