Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I have another question on Ms Ward's own experience. We had a discussion last week on children going missing or being unaccounted for. The debate was premised in the context of teenagers, by and large. In light of the recent horrific news, many people would find it staggering that a ten-year-old child could be missing and unaccounted for and that the wider population would not be aware of this. As a father, it is mind-boggling that a child in care goes missing and it is dealt with behind the scenes. Is this a regular occurrence?