Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

Perhaps he will listen to the rest of my contribution. Other Members are entitled, as are those who may be listening, to hear my views, as well as those of Deputy Shatter, and they may wish to listen to the remainder of what I have to say.

Against this background, together with demands for child welfare and protection services, there was an urgent need to take action. The development of a knowledge management strategy for child welfare and protection, which was embarked on by my office, is a key initiative to address these issues. I became acutely aware that communication difficulties, deficits in information and the absence of standardised procedures can impede service responsiveness with potentially serious consequences for some children.

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