Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)

Given that the joint committee published its report in July, the Minister has had several months to come before it. He is putting the cart before horse in terms of its recommendations because they could inform him in completing his own review. He is following the wrong strategy by waiting until his report is completed before meeting the committee. As he has not indicated a timeline for completion of his review, it is now unlikely that he will meet the committee to deal with the issues that arise. When he appeared before the committee earlier this year, I suggested it would be unfair to ask him to make a value judgment before our report was completed. He agreed to take on board our recommendations but I suggest he is now prevaricating on them.

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