Ms Niamh McCarthy:

We are in the infancy of this and it is only five weeks in operation. Three of our advocate cases are at reunification stage, which is really positive. It is also positive that an advocate is there to support follow-through of the reunification plan and see what barriers may be in place or that may derail the reunification plan. That may be something very simple, as Ms Greene said earlier, such as not having financial support to fund children's lunches, or to adequately care for children as they are returning to the family home. For all that, it is very positive that even at this stage we are seeing three cases at reunification. I also want to echo what Ms Kneafsey said. We are also being asked to go in in terms of child protection conferences and supervision orders. There are different stages around the care journey but for me it is very positive at this stage that we have three cases.