Ms Éimear Fisher:

Three key issues were identified. We looked at the issue of child protection and that was discounted as one that would be escalated to the level of a key issue because of the safety nets that are there.

The three issues remain the Brussels II regulation, qualifications and PEACE funding. There are no others. We trawled the entire Department and the units within it twice in order to be absolutely sure that no Brexit impact was lurking for the Department or for children's services. There was absolutely nothing apart from the three which were escalated to this level.

We are confident about child protection. We have had discussions with our legal advisers on that. I do not think there is anything else that we could have done, to be perfectly honest. We attend the weekly Secretaries General meeting and assistant secretaries meeting, so we listen to what is happening in other Departments. We get all those papers and that informs our thinking. We are fairly confident that all corners have been covered.