Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Can I ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs a question? In terms of the critical information she had given to the Taoiseach concerning Tusla involvement, an involvement that the Minister had vastly more knowledge of than the Taoiseach, how could it be that she did not mention that during the Cabinet discussion on the terms of reference? She is specifically entitled, under the Child and Family Agency Act of 2013, and is required under Article 28.4.2o of Bunreacht na hÉireann, to ensure that her colleagues are informed. Was the Minister advised by any departmental official to take this extraordinary course of action? In other words, was she advised to deny her Cabinet colleagues of the full knowledge when they were making such an important critical national decision?

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