(No. B/1019) Ms R. Collet (First Member for Rodrigues) asked the Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare whether, in regard to children protection, she will state the number of cases thereof referred by the Probation Services, the Family Welfare and Protection Unit and the Child Development Unit in Rodrigues to the Office of the Ombudsperson for Children over 147 the past three calendar years, indicating whether the Ministry, in collaboration with the Rodrigues Regional Assembly, intends to establish a branch of the Ombudsperson’s Office in Rodrigues for improved accessibility and responsiveness to child protection concerns on the island.