Ms Kate Duggan:

It is also important to say that when we became concerned about this, and I certainly became really concerned about this a couple of years ago, we partnered with MECPATHS, which is a really good organisation that is focused on human and child trafficking. It provides training, not just to our staff, staff we fund in the community and voluntary sector and private providers, but also out to wider industry, including hotels, shops and commercial entities to look to make sure that people are aware. We could not but be concerned about those 25 young people. We know the risk of human trafficking is greater when there is movement and global movement of people. It is that commitment to work with the Garda and internationally, but also to do that wider public awareness because this is a new concept for Ireland as a whole. That is so people understand and recognise, where they are concerned about anybody who may be a victim of exploitation or trafficking. The new national referral mechanism is being looked at too, which will also look more responsibilities on different State agencies in terms of all of those issues around trafficking and human trafficking.