Máire Hoctor (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)

It is in the interests of older people, often the most vulnerable in society, that we protect them with the strongest and most robust legislation possible. I am aware of the groups who met at that particular time. Those same groups also engaged in the stakeholders discussion at Fairleigh House with the Minister, Deputy Harney, some months earlier. It is not in the absence of consultation that this has come about. We must consult the Attorney General to finalise the issue and ensure that the legislation will protect the interests of older people when it finally comes into this Chamber.

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