Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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-----Deputy Jan O'Sullivan mentioned, while the current guidelines on dealing with adult disclosure cases by social care workers' offices are not fit for purpose, the guidelines do not take cognisance of the effects of abuse on adults coming forward to disclose. HIQA's assessment of the north Lee and south-west services in 2015 stated that the system in place to manage concerns of a retrospective nature needed significant improvement. I refer only to one particular report. I have read through many more of them. I want to know about the policy because that is the piece we need to work with and support to go forward. We also need to know the number of posts that need to be created.