Ms Kate Duggan:

The Senator raised respite, disability and those aspects. I have answered the question about the need for further resources already. As the Chair referenced, we obviously cannot talk about the Kyran Durnin case because it is a live investigation. We completed two reports regarding the review of any involvement that Tusla had in that case. It is horrific. It has shocked all of us to our core. Both of those reports are with the Ministers. I know they will be published once the live investigation is over, and we continue to work with the Gerda on an ongoing basis. It is also about the fact that it is important to reference and highlight the fact that everybody needs to be mindful of child protection or risks, whether that is family members, extended family members, communities or neighbours. If there are concerns, they should be raised at all times with Tusla to respond.

I will refer quickly to the digital matter. We are looking at digital systems and digital enablement to, first of all, have one record of a child and one point of visibility that promotes safety. We developed that in-house. It is a system that has been absolutely stress-tested with regard to cybersecurity and the use of the cloud, and all of those things that I am not the technical expert to answer, but certainly our chief information officer, board and external assurance can. One thing that is doing is increasing face-to-face time. We talk about how, when this agency was established, people had to go out to do a home visit and get a bus back to the office to be able to update the file. What this means now is that staff will have more time for face-to-face contact because of the use of the digital system that is available to them.

I will let Mr. Hone come in on the issues the Senator raised about mental health and disabilities.