Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I received a number of replies to parliamentary questions about getting assisted decision-making up and running. I agree that this is a matter for the Dáil or the Committee on Justice and Equality as opposed to the Committee of Public Accounts. Critical is the speed of getting that operational and how satisfactory it is when it gets to that point. I understand that this is complex. On the people who are designing the system, it is not intended to include people who have direct experience of looking after wards of court at this stage but at a later stage. I think that is a mistake because very often they know more about it from the other side. I think we will all be raising the matter separately. What is available in the budget will determine how quickly this happens but how satisfactorily it happens will depend on the input and the design of it at the early stage.