Mr. Colm Ó Conaill:

That is no different from what the Department's view is or what the Minister's view is; these are not optimal arrangements and there needs to be a plan. There is a plan in place - it has been set out by the CEO and her colleagues here in relation to investment in residential care. There is a increase in funding going in. We do not want to rely on special emergency arrangements but it is important that the commitment understands there is a significant difference between so-called section 5 arrangements for separated children seeking international protection and one third of the children who are in special emergency arrangements who are children in care. Two different standard operating procedures are applied.