Mr. Gearóid Begley:

The first part is the relationship with Tusla. As Deputy Neville is aware, I took up this post in April and I work very closely with the staff in Tusla. In my view, we have a very good working relationship. That covers a broad spectrum, because obviously we are dealing with different branches of the organisation throughout the jurisdiction. On a weekly basis, we would have contact with staff in Tusla discussing individual cases, if not once or twice, maybe three times a week. In my view, we have a good working relationship with the staff in Tusla. It is extremely important that we have that. In addition, we have tripartite meetings between An Garda Síochána and Tusla and Scouting Ireland. Since March of this year, we have had three of those meetings. The purpose of those meetings is to ensure that any issues that arise are addressed. We deal with more strategic issues in those meetings, but the day-to-day contact would generally be with case officers who are dealing with cases that either have been referred to Tusla directly or we have made disclosures and they are doing their assessment based on the information we have. From our perspective, we do everything to try to assist the people in Tusla in doing their work. From my perspective, it is a very important relationship that needs to be built on and at the moment I think it is an absolutely excellent working relationship and I look forward to continuing that.

On the second part about our communications, the vast majority of our communications are done by telephone contact or meetings. If I am correct here, is Deputy Neville examining how we communicate our disclosures to Tusla?