Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Deputy's passion and commitment on these issues. The Deputy is correct that it will be important that the relevant aspects of the legislation, once commenced, which I hope to do in the next couple of months, are monitored to ensure their effectiveness over time, which I can promise in terms of the ways in which Tusla has developed monitoring, statistics and percentages around how it is meeting its commitments.

That refers to policy objectives but also, in this case, legislative requirements. The business plan is necessary to identify how important this is in terms of my Department. That makes a difference in terms of the funding, about which the Deputy asked earlier. The Deputy's concern around ensuring that taking time out of education does not jeopardise the after-care plan is noted. I thank the Deputy.

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