Maria Corrigan (Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister of State for his response. I am not being awkward, but with all due respect his response had no details about what measures have been taken to locate the 397 children who remain missing from the care of the HSE. I welcome the initiatives in place which the Minister of State has outlined tonight. They are very important and will go a long way to protecting children in the future. The last couple of months have been very traumatic for Ireland as we struggle to come to terms with the contents of the Ryan report and await the outcome of the Dublin archdiocese report but I am really concerned about what has happened to those 397 children and what measures have been taken to find them. I intend to keep raising it and would appreciate if any details are available and if some indication can be given that we are still looking for those children and trying to ascertain what has happened to them.