Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

All the big cases in this area have featured the giving of full information by social workers to natural mothers and problems arise with a change of mind. Taking all the sections together, the statutory framework is correct. We must ensure practice reflects that, as it sometimes has not been of the first order in terms of what social workers do and how they work. I am satisfied the statutory framework is there and the next step, which is nearly always the case, is to ensure that is reflected and transposed into practice.