Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Over 1,000 people have been made wards of court since the Oireachtas decided that this was not the right way to proceed. That legislation followed a long campaign. We have had numerous reports from the Committee on Public Accounts and from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality prior to my time and a review from the National Safeguarding Committee amongst many other reports putting us on notice that the system is not fit for purpose, it is outdated and that it is not in keeping with our obligations. Last night we talked about the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities and the empowerment and enabling model. The Minister is very familiar with that. Any further delay is detrimental to this.

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