Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)

I ask the Leader to bring that view to Government from this side of the House and to ask for an immediate action plan. I hope we will begin to hear this afternoon from the Minister some preliminary steps on that action plan. We need an action plan that deals with the short-term, medium-term and long-term issues as well as the vast array of issues that arises about institutional violence that emerge in the Ryan report.

I will conclude by quoting from one of the letters in The Irish Times today. The letter states:

"At least 400 children" and "28,000 adults with disability" are in residential centres which are not subject to standards or inspections... The Minister for State for disability John Moloney announced last week that the State does not have the [money]...to remedy the situation.

We all are extremely upset about what happened in the past, but look to the services today. Where is the Government response on these critical issues today?