Ms Mary Dunnion:

The recommendations that we made on linking with third level institutions and formal career pathways were a result of the statutory investigation. At that time the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs set up an expert assurance group whose role is to oversee the implementation of those recommendations. The most up-to-date information we have is what was published in December 2018. Beyond that we do not have any other detail of what is happening in that regard. We certainly see in Tusla's action plan that it has identified specific streams of work including these, but I do not know the timelines associated with those or what stage they are at.