Mr. Kevin McCarthy:

Those are services provided by Tusla and the Adoption Authority of Ireland. The challenge that is faced is within Tusla and the adoption authority in being able to process the volume of requests that came in. A significant number of requests came in within the first two weeks of the commencement of that service, which has challenged them. However, they have clear plans in place to address the backlog of applications. We can provide figures on the numbers that have been provided with their information at this point.