Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

In many ways that would increase the urgency of the need to address the significant issues raised by the expert group. This will apply to centres for people with disabilities. It is quite disappointing. The report of the expert group more than two years ago was pretty damning of the regulatory framework. What we are seeing now is just scratching the surface and dealing with partial recommendations. The rest of the work has been kicked down the road to some point in the future. How many people in the Department are dealing with the area of regulation of residential facilities?