Ms Aine McGuirk:

Yes. Regarding the process when a case is referred to a child coming into the care of the State, that is dealt with at several levels. We now have intake teams who triage the case. The case may be passed on to the child welfare team who try to work with the family and, perhaps, in time the child has to go into care. Mr. McCarthy has much more recent practice of this matter having served as a principal social worker and I would be grateful if he would address this.