Mr. Gerry Hone:

We are looking to improve special care all of the time. There are several processes examining that at the moment. All of the issues tend to gel together. Young people look for and need this type of service. I have great hope for the new referrals committee. We have an agreement from the HSE and An Garda Síochána, which will deal with the referrals that come in. Tusla can check back upstream across agency boundaries into what has been tried to date to address the needs of these young people across the agencies. We can make better decisions about whether special care is appropriate, or whether we should try something different within the agencies that are on the referral committee. That will bring a much-needed change to the special care process.