Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I understand that.

Moving away from reliance on private fostering would have been something Bernard Gloster felt strongly about and I think it is something Kate Duggan would feel strongly about as well. It is something the Department feels strongly about. There are real challenges there but we are doing the work in terms of the recognition of non-private foster parents and also those supports we are bringing through. Anecdotally, we know one of the reasons some people are going through private fostering is that they feel there are greater levels of supports provided by those organisations. If we have access to therapeutic services, peer-mentoring of foster carers, and a greater prominence for fostering within Tusla, that would go someway towards making non-private fostering more attractive.