Ms Oonagh McPhillips:

I do not think that scenario is as likely as the other scenario, if the Deputy follows. As I said earlier, my understanding from Tusla is that, if it had a doubt, it would give the benefit of the doubt and assume that the young person was a child. That child would not be referred back to us unless Tusla was fairly certain the person was an adult. The child would not find their way into an adult setting. The adult or the borderline adult finding their way into a child setting is the scenario we were just discussing. That is the assessment that has to be done.