Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have only had an initial read of the report as we only received it yesterday.

My initial reaction is that families I have been dealing with will regard it as fairly weak and defensive of the status quo.However, I want to read it again and perhaps I will talk to some families who have seen what they regarded as adequate provision for their loved ones whittled away to almost nothing or substantially less than is required for the care of that person over the duration of his or her lifetime. This is a desperate situation for people to find themselves in. I do not necessarily suggest that we are the people to remedy that, but given the circumstances, we should be saying something that points beyond that the HSE should look at adequacy of services and so on. That sounds a little pat from the point of view of families of wards of court. We can bring forward amendments to this, but is there a particular timeframe for dealing with the issue? When do we propose to complete, agree and launch the report?