Ms Kate Duggan:

I can only talk to the professional judgment of the individuals involved. Those cases were not closed because of Covid; they were closed at a point in time because it was deemed those involved did not need any further support from Tusla. We have to be conscious that under the legislation, under the Constitution, families have a right to privacy. When we deem that services are no longer needed, I think the learning from that is that families, when they leave Tusla and go back, often would have other professionals meet them and their parents, and that has not happened.