The current system for tracking a child's movement between primary schools should be extended to other jurisdictions, the Chair of the National Review Panel (NRP) has said.
Kyran was reported missing from his home in Drogheda, Co Louth in August 2024, but the last confirmed sighting of him was in June 2022, when he was six years old.
The report, which has not been made public, said that what happened to Kyran "could not have been anticipated".
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Dr Helen Buckley said that there were recommendations within the report about tracking systems from the Department of Education.
"I can't reveal any of the findings of the report in detail, but we have made recommendations which are really about finding effective ways to assist a response to very unusual cases like this, because it was very unusual," she said.
She also said that "informal" discussions were ongoing with authorities in Northern Ireland regarding protocols for children in care and tracking missing children.
Dr Buckley said the NRP has recommended that the tracking system operated by the Department for Education is extended to other jurisdictions, or "at least" extended to "within the island of Ireland, so that the attendance of a child at school can be tracked at any time."
"So if a child's name doesn't appear on another [school] register, we're recommending that there is clarity for school principals about what action to take in that case. "
Dr Buckley said there was nothing unusual into why the report into Kyran's disappearance could not be made public and explained that the NRP has to be careful when a garda investigation is also under way, "so that no witness is interfered with or that any evidence that we come up with is later used to prejudice a trial."
She also said she felt Tusla would "benefit from a lot more support", adding that "workers in Tusla have to deal with all the ills of society, everything is thrown at them."
She said resourcing is a problem and the agency is "negatively viewed" in many spheres, which is "discouraging for people who want to join and become social workers."
