Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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That information on the staff is very useful to have put on the record. Going back to the children, I think longitudinal studies are being done. I presume there is a lot of learning from the children who go through Tusla. I refer to the 500 or 600, the less than 10%, who are not just in regular fostering because their parents are not there. Where do they end up when they are in their 20s? Is that monitored? We would hope that an agency like Tusla is meeting children at an early stage. It has identified 500 or 600 at this stage. I hope there is a learning process and that institutional knowledge is building up in the system to minimise the difficulties, so that when they come out at 18 they are in a better place than they would have been in previous times. I hope Tusla is not just dealing with the problem today but also contributing to reducing problems as they continually arise.