Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will follow on from what Deputy Kerrane asked about the added powers the Ombudsman for Children's Office believes it could be assigned by statutory instrument. Circumstances have changed and the Ombudsman for Children's Office has a large number of people coming to it and while the majority of them relate to education there are Tusla-specific questions and a large number about disability and whatever else. Does the Ombudsman for Children's Office see itself at this point as having sufficient powers, capacity and resources? I assume the answer is "No" in some cases. Where exactly does the office have a need in making sure it is fully resourced to deliver the service it wants to provide? This is about maintaining maximum leverage on the systems and agencies from the point of view of delivering for families and children, specifically.