1393. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the strategic plan for joint training and implementation of the section 16 interview process by both agencies to minimise trauma to child victims and increase conviction rates for perpetrators; to what extent the strategic plan addresses the issues of joint training, capacity building and operational collaboration between both agencies; the third party oversight and accreditation for the training of specialist interviewers and their ongoing continual professional development; the operational integration by both AGS and Tusla of the specialist interview process with the Barnahus model; the interdepartmental oversight of implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37793/23]

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1393. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the strategic plan for joint training and implementation of the section 16 interview process by both agencies to minimise trauma to child victims and increase conviction rates for perpetrators; to what extent the strategic plan addresses the issues of joint training, capacity building and operational collaboration between both agencies; the third party oversight and accreditation for the training of specialist interviewers and their ongoing continual professional development; the operational integration by both AGS and Tusla of the specialist interview process with the Barnahus model; the interdepartmental oversight of implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37793/23]

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