John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)

I thank Mr. McCarthy for the clarification. There are a lot of concerns. I note some voices over the past number of days have been calling for an end to the use of unregulated accommodation. Given the seriousness of the issue and everything that has happened over the period between our engagement with Tusla and now, it is an issue we should come back to and have a look at the whole area in terms of the huge expenditure on unregulated accommodation and concerns around Tusla. We will come back to that.

On the Department of education and school transport, it is an annual issue. Every year, there is the scramble for tickets, the shortage of bus drivers and the costs involved. We can include that in our work programme next year once we get to the end of our agreed programme.