Mr. Seán Egan:

On a practical level, there certainly is some overlap. For instance, it is a common sight in Dublin's Children's Court for solicitors from Tusla to be in attendance in relation to certain people before the court who may be the subject of care orders or special care orders or who are in or out of the system. Tusla is sometimes there to inform the judge sitting at the Children's Court and update the judge in relation to that. Often, it will be young people who are subject to detention orders in Oberstown and if they come out on the other side, they may be subject to a special care order and they may be detained on a civil level in the care system because they are seen to still be in crisis and a danger to themselves. There is definitely an overlap. The same children who will often be subject to orders under the Children Act and the Child Care Act, cyclically. I certainly agree that work needs to be done on a cross-departmental basis to make sure that the legislation is aligned, but the various State actors, be they the Child and Family Agency, CFA, or the Prison Service and the people administering Oberstown, need to work in tandem also. That sort of collaborative work is going on already to a certain extent.