Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is absolutely a priority for the Government and for me personally to have the commission on care established. I hope to have it established by the middle of this year. We have had a number of commissions look into particular matters in real depth under the Government. There has been the Commission on Pensions, the Future of Media Commission, the Commission on Taxation and Welfare and the Housing Commission. To be done properly, however, they cannot all be done at the same time. That does not mean that any one issue is more important than the other but, given that the Housing Commission will finish up its work quite soon, we hope to have the commission on care established by the middle of the year.

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