Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I will raise a second issue very quickly. Tusla came back to us with the number of children and young people reported missing. A footnote states that they were in non-statutory, non-regulated and non-procured placements. We understand that non-statutory means that it was not a State agency. It jumps out at me that these placements were non-regulated and non-procured. How can a placement be non-procured? Did the children find placements for themselves? How were they sourced?