Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)

I can confirm that I will publish it on receipt and will circulate it to all Members in the House. It will also be available for people to read and respond to. I welcome a debate both within and outside the Houses on the work. Great care has been taken and much hard work has been put in by the members of the task force since last September, when I appointed them. It has taken submissions from a very wide range of statutory and non-statutory bodies, seeking their views on how best to deliver services to children and families. It also considered how best to organise services in order to meet the needs of children and families; it is about meeting their needs rather than the needs of the services or the professionals.

It will address those key issues and I look forward to hearing the views of the Deputy and Deputy McConalogue on the task force. It has given us its best thinking on how to progress the development of the agency.

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