Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There have been huge issues with the Acts since the 1996 Act. The Minister is saying now he will be able to rectify that under this new piece of legislation. I wonder whether the families who have been traumatised by this and who have been struggling have been abandoned by their legal people. In many cases, a legal person was appointed and took power over the person. I hate to talk about a person like that because he or she is a human with a family. I wonder whether this will be such a smooth transition. Will legal people relinquish that power? If they refuse to transpose, what powers do we have? Is this Bill going to be able to deal with that?

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