Ms Marissa Ryan:

We agree on care leaver parents by virtue of the fact that we work with all care experienced children and young people up to the age of 26. We work with a significant number, and we have been before the committee in the past to discuss care leaver parents. We firmly believe that they are entitled to advocacy, especially in cases where the child has been taken into care. We do work with parents who find themselves in that situation.

We do not have access to those in private family arrangements. Our specific mandate is to work with children in the care of Tusla or those who have been in its care. For those in kinship care and private family arrangements, it goes back to the two-tier system where they do not have access to an advocate and where advocacy is not legislated for. They are subject to a double whammy.

I will ask Mr. Stitt to deal with the question on aftercare.