Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I was listening to some of the presentations. I am double-jobbing as I am attending another committee meeting next door as well.

I have two particular questions having listened to some of the presentations. When it comes to getting to a stage where protocols will be implemented, are we making progress? Is there a plan that will give us timelines or is this something that we have to prepare, where we do not have legislation in place and we are going through all these processes that will meander through the next three to five years? Will we have the protocols in place in a timely fashion? We as a committee have been sitting for two and a half to three years. Our remit is to monitor what is going on. I am finding it hard to get a handle on what is being done, what progress is being made and when we might have a conclusion and the protocols in place to allow people who have disabilities to have the back up of legislation.