Mr. Bernard O'Regan:

Maybe I could answer that. One of the roles of the manager of the team is to manage and co-ordinate the service being provided under his or her remit. If a staff member leaves, that manager will look to what capacity is there within the team to meet priority need. However, given the challenges that are there with staffing levels within teams, the capacity for other people on the team to pick up additional work is very limited. The reality is, unfortunately, if somebody leaves, until that vacancy is filled it is quite likely children are losing the service they had rather than it being maintained, notwithstanding the efforts a manager and his or her team will try to make to address it.