Ms Clare Murphy:

-----perhaps with disability, substance misuse or criminality. Recently the Ombudsman convened a group that brought together all of the Government agencies, NGOs and An Garda Síochána. Perhaps something like this would be a good platform to deal with separated children seeking international protection.

The Deputy also asked about children with disabilities. For us a child is a child. We liaise very closely with the HSE and we have joint working relationships and joint protocols with it. It is a struggle to provide for all of the children with disabilities for whom we need to provide. Our primary relationship is with the HSE and our joint protocol.