Mr. Raymond Nolan:

I met Ms Corridon earlier for the first time and I asked her how she had become a member of the Irish Foster Care Association. I asked whether her link worker or the social worker had told her about it and she said "No". She had googled "support for foster care". Tusla does not even tell new foster parents that there is an organisation that will support them. That needs to be rectified. We need action on these points, not just talk about doing it next year. It is just not good enough. Representatives of Tusla appeared before this committee on 10 May and I heard a member state his information told him many foster parents would not recommend fostering to a friend. That is a sad state of affairs. It was not the case 20 years ago but it is today.