Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

Does Deputy Brabazon want to come in? No. I will make a few comments and ask a few questions myself. It is clear that Government has got itself into a strange position. The asylum and migration pact was signed up to as a political gesture to say the Government was doing something in respect of migration. In doing so, it tied its own hands and those of future Governments behind their back in respect of the flexibility to deal with future challenges or issues as they arise. Of course there are some areas that we need to operate on a pan-EU basis, such as sharing of information and right of return. We need to be part of the elements of the pact that deal with them. However, to put in place binding obligations on a Government that cannot even meet those obligations beforehand is nonsensical.

For Tusla, how many children up until now have gone missing from its care who had arrived seeking international protection originally?