John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)

I thank everyone within Tusla for the work they do. It is challenging for everybody. Whether they are social workers or care workers, everyone has the same core objective for some of the most vulnerable within our State. It is critical that the public can trust social services. We need that and there is a need to demonstrate it. Hopefully, today's hearing will go some of the way towards that.

I thank the witnesses for coming. That concludes our engagement with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I thank Ms Kate Duggan and her officials for attending. I also thank Ms Lara Hynes and Mr. Andrew Patterson from the Department of Children, Disability and Equality for attending.

Is it agreed that the clerk seeks any follow-up information and carries out agreed actions arising from the meeting? Agreed.

We stand adjourned until 9.30 a.m. on Thursday, 9 October 2025, when we will meet with representatives from Beaumont Hospital, to discuss the its financial statements for 2023, and from the National Treatment Purchase Fund, to discuss its financial statements for 2024.