Ms Kate Duggan:

I will refer to Daniel's case separately and come back to Kyran's case. What we have all seen and heard of Daniel's case is absolutely harrowing. I have come out publicly from the beginning to say we had contact with Daniel and his family. We are prevented from giving too much detail of the case because it is subject to a live Garda investigation. I assure the committee that the agency went to An Garda Síochána with information on the concerns about Daniel's well-being and safety. We have fully engaged with An Garda Síochána and shared all information. Our staff have met with An Garda Síochána and we have shared all files with An Garda Síochána. We have conducted an internal review, as we would always do, of an individual case. When people talk about Tusla, they immediately think of our child protection and welfare services in terms of safety of children and working with social work. However, a significant part - almost 60% - of our services across this country are on a voluntary, consensual basis where the work is focused on family support, working with parents. I am not talking about Daniel's case particularly; I am talking about where young parents may be struggling or families may be struggling with homelessness-----