Joe Neville (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I want to pay tribute to the young ten-year-old girl. As the father of a daughter around the same age I cannot begin to imagine what this girl is going through, or indeed her family. Obviously she has been let down by what has happened. She has been failed by so many different groups to be in this situation. So many people have let her down to lead her to this point. It is beyond awful.

I also want to pay tribute to An Garda Síochána. I have a brother and a father who was in the gardaí. I commend An Garda Síochána on the work over the last couple of nights and what they have been dealing with.

Tusla was before us a few weeks ago and I asked a question about the number of children in its care. It did not know how many children have gone out of their system. It has lost track and just does not know as it cannot keep a handle on exactly who is coming in and going out. Obviously we do not know the exact circumstances of this young girl but it is awful, one way or the other.

I want to start with Mr. Delaney who is probably engaged in this area. Mr. Delaney stated the system was overwhelmed in 2022 or 2023. What steps were taken to restrict the number of people coming into the country, if the system was overwhelmed in 2022?