Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

Senator O'Malley pointed out that a child might become a flight risk if he or she becomes aware that consideration is being given to an application for a special care order. We have to understand that the High Court, rather than the HSE, makes special care orders. That is what this legislation is all about. Clearly, there are circumstances in which the parent or guardian of a child might be causing the trauma that requires him or her to be brought into special care.