Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The question from Deputy Dillon is to ask Tusla how the cyberattack has affected its system while remediation is progressing and when Mr. Gloster expects to resume normal services. There is a second question which I will read out in a moment.

My question is about the regulation and how it will be implemented. I have been an adviser in corporate governance and management to the childcare services for a number of years, and one of the repeated experiences of childcare services is that when they get repeat inspections, something that had been fine in the previous inspection is suddenly not all right in the next inspection. Even though we are operating out of the same regulations, a matter such as an arrangement of a door can come up in the second inspection as being an issue when it was bypassed in the previous one or found to be fine. There is an inconsistency in the application of inspection. Furthermore, what is recorded as a breach by the inspectorate will be a matter that was trivial and rectified or explained there and then when the inspectorate was in the childcare service. With that as the background, the bringing of an inspection regime into childminding makes me a little nervous. I take great comfort in Mr. Gloster's words that we cannot be so risk-averse and that there is a lot of engagement and thought on this. Given, however, that this is minding children in the home, I am fearful of what this will look like. If Mr. Gloster could discuss where his thinking is on that, I would really appreciate it.

I will pull out Deputy Dillon's second question in a moment.