Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Most of my points have already been raised. I apologise for being delayed.

The Pringle report has been referenced a number of times. Can the witnesses point to any radical or tangible improvement since the report? Are we facing a legacy of people being left behind in this space? Is there anything in the past 40 years about which we can be positive? According to one of these documents, many of the core areas in 1977 were still problematic in 2012. Did anyone take policy action? Will someone else be here in 40 years time asking what the parliamentarians of today did not do?