Joan Freeman (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Mooney is, of course, right that we need long-term solutions and to introduce legislation, but we are never going to have that perfect storm where everything falls together. We need to have solutions now for the 1,700 families who do not want to wait another two or three years to see what the Government will do. Let us focus on that while continuing to work in the background on legislation. I am not dismissing legislation. I am saying that at the same time those families should not hold their breath because we are waiting for the Government to take this a step further.