Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

As we are running out of time, I will just say we have had a number of discussions on this now through the various Stages, Second and Committee Stages. I have nearly forgotten what the different processes and Stages are at this time of night. There has been a huge amount of discussion on the issues.

As I said earlier, the decision support service will be key in all this. If there are any concerns, it is certainly the body to go to first. I know the legislation is also potentially up for review if there are any major difficulties but in fairness, there have been an awful lot of discussions. As I said, there have been many really good, positive changes such as extending it out for people, the capping of fees and the appeals processes. They are all really welcome and certainly much better than the old wardship system we have seen. At least we are seeing it progress now. It has been on the books since 2015 so it is welcome. That should be acknowledged, in fairness.

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