Dr. Fergal Lynch:

I fully take the point. I was answering a different question on the Department when I said we keep the numbers that we need under review purely within the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

On the inspectorate, it is an independent entity and rightly so given the nature of what it does. We do not collect information and I will check with Tusla itself as to the extent of information that it has on the number of Irish speakers, and therefore the number of additional speakers it would require in that language.

It goes back to the Deputy's earlier comments and questions about how all of this is structured and about the availability of inspection services in Irish. It is linked to that. We will come back on that point.