Ms Noelle Woods:

At any given time, it is important to remember that within the remit of social care collectively, there will always be a percentage of work that is being assumed by relief staff and otherwise across the services. I will speak a little generally about family services. We work towards the stakeholder requirements at all times as regards an adequate staff-to-participant ratio. On the needs - to be clear, I am speaking only about the Peter McVerry Trust - we work with a number of complex participants across the variety of services we deliver on a daily basis. We are constantly working towards ensuring we have the appropriate staffing and so on. However, there are simply not enough staff coming through third level colleges to fully support the rapid expansion of the sector collectively. It is a challenge not only for the Peter McVerry Trust but across the board.