Ms Kate Duggan:

There are 5,613 children in care. Just over 5,034 or 90% of those children are in foster care. They are obviously regulated by HIQA in terms of the foster care placements. Of the remaining 408 that are in residential care and special care, special care is also inspected by HIQA and anyone in a Tusla facility is inspected and regulated by HIQA. Where there is an issue is that any young person in a private residential placement, the inspection is carried out by our registration and inspection monitoring team. We would certainly love to see HIQA take on the role.