Ms Anne O'Rourke:

I want to say something on the expulsion of children who are out of school. There are children who are out of school or on shortened days. There are children not attending school because of emotionally based school avoidance. I would love to see a situation where we had a rapid response multidisciplinary team, made up of psychology, speech and language therapy and whoever we need to be able to call on, to support families with their concerns. There could be an underlying medical issue. There could be some issue that could be resolved at home with the aim of getting the kids back into school as soon as possible. We have pathways for those aged over 65, which is an incredible service, I have to say. We should have something similar as a rapid response for kids who are out of school.