Ms Teresa Heeney:

I do not know if I have an awful lot more to add, other than to reiterate the point I made earlier, that in the new programme for Government we see a commitment to establish a single agency. We certainly think the issue of insurance, given the situation we have at the moment, has to be considered by that agency because a risk assessment on the sector would show that that issue is critical. All the 4,500 operators that operate settings in Ireland need insurance, and we all need to be concerned about the fact that there is very limited choice. We have addressed this on a number of occasions with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.