Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

There cannot be a mass publication of the report. That is the legal advice that we have. That is why the redactions have been made.

On the question regarding the services being provided, it is true to say that as a result of this report an out-of-hours service has been put in place for children who are at extreme risk in order for them to be taken to a place of safety. That service will be provided between the Garda and the HSE from June of this year. That is an important service that was not in place previously and, clearly, it was pointed out that it has not been in place.

I also make the point, which is made in the report, while not wanting to in any way take away from the need to address the issues as best we can in a comprehensive way, that it appears there was nothing that could have been done in this instance that could have avoided this tragedy. We all know unfortunately that tragedies occur but clearly, whatever lessons are to be learned can also be learned.

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