Mr. Cormac Quinlan:

One of the key initiatives, particularly in terms of safety, is informal and formal networks in terms of creating effective safety for children in a community. We want to make sure we are keeping grannies, grandads, uncles, aunts and so on wrapped around children as best we can to ensure effective safety and then bring in relevant services or otherwise to support those situations. However, the people who see children on a day-to-day basis are the most important people for keeping children safe. Services are really important but they do not tend to stay involved in children's lives indefinitely and therefore we must ensure that we are building effective safety around children by connecting them to the naturally-occurring networks around them.