Ms Kate Duggan:

Before I bring in my colleagues, Ms Finlay and Mr. Brophy, I wish to refer quickly to birth parents. It is important to us to recognise that birth parents at a point in time often do not want additional support from Tusla and do not want to come to us, as an agency, for that support. We have, in the last two years, increased our funding to NGOs to conduct research and provide support to birth parents. Certainly it is something we are committed to doing and want to do better.