Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister of State's response and that he will provide me with the terms of reference and the list of names. However, it is not clear when the review started. What date did it start and when will it be completed? The reason I am asking this is that I know A Vision for Change, I have read it and used it. It ran out in January 2016. We are now in April 2018. Since then, we have had a wide-angled international review of evidence and development, which simply looked at the literature. I have to welcome it. It was done very quickly in 12 weeks. The delay occurred in publishing it. The date on the review was February 2017 and it was not published until July, which was an unnecessary delay. I have not read it. What is required on this is a very light touch review. Will the Minister of State please give a timeframe?

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