Mr. Brian Lee:

It is important to recognise the other part of Tusla. If a child protection concern comes to Tusla, our child protection teams could bring any child protection concerns to the attention of the parents. That is a very clear role of Tusla. If child protection concerns come in, they would be brought to the attention of parents. At the moment, Tusla has no statutory or legal basis to contact parents if it has concerns. There is a gap and we are looking into different ways it could be addressed, whether through legal remedy or how it is done in other jurisdictions. I understand that it is a point of frustration. The issue is not only that a service is unregistered but that we could be going through a six-month enforcement process with a service, that we cannot publish reports because we are going through due process and legal proceedings and that putting out additional information could jeopardise either prosecutorial or regulatory enforcement action.