Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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It would probably be premature to disagree. I would have the most serious concerns about that policy. I think that Dr. Lynch is caught in a crisis and that he is reacting. There was the most serious publicity in yesterday's paper, the Committee of Public Accounts today, the report from the Comptroller and Auditor General, and his own internal analysis. I think that he is reacting in a crisis, and he is rushing in to privatise a service. From my experience on this committee, I do not think that is the right way to proceed. He is doing it in the absence of enough data.

I have a specific question about the Courts Service. Why can the judges in the court system not give Dr. Lynch the figures of how many guardians have been appointed?