The head of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has said the days of the State having all the answers and imposing all the solutions “has to go”. The Chief Executive of the organisation, Fred McBride, said “We’ve created more problems than we’ve solved by thinking the state had all the answers. The solutions usually lie within families and our role should be to help families to arrive at their own solutions.” He was speaking at a parenting conference at Dublin Castle hosted by Tusla which was also addressed by Children Affairs Minister, Katherine Zappone.