Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome all the witnesses and thank them for the Trojan work they do. It was great to listen to them. I am glad that everybody is here together and we are all singing from the same hymn sheet. This meeting should be very productive.

I very much agree with Mr. Lee about the report launched five months ago. We are now facing into a quiet summer period. I sincerely hope it will not be shelved, but I am concerned that nothing has been done. Have the voluntary bodies approached Ministers? With respect, are they pushing for implementation of the report or just waiting for it to happen?