David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The last time we were here I asked about the sequential implementation of the recommendations and what was felt was possible here because there are some recommendations that I would argue need to be teased out. I ask the witnesses to echo that again in terms of their recommendations to legislators, where would they start, what could be done immediately and how legislation could be changed.

There was some criticism, which I think was unfair, levelled at the witnesses and others in terms of the research and a contention that there was not enough engagement with service users. I want to give the witnesses an opportunity to answer that criticism. I ask them to set out again how they see their recommendations being implemented and the advice they would give to legislators.