Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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It is great to meet everyone again. I thank them for their presentation. The most stark thing here is the difference between the approach in the North and that in the South, given that this is a cross-border body which is funded equally by the Departments North and South. It is the Department's fault here that it is not getting value for money because it seems to be concentrating on parental training. That is very important, and I acknowledge that, but it is much more important to put the supports around the child.

We have been told that 60 to 66 children in the North access the programme every year but only 12 in the South. How does the centre support those 12 children in the South? In the North there is a whole-school approach where the centre goes into the school and gives the support there as well as going into the home and other activities in which the child is involved. Is the same approach used here?