Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

A large body of work has been done by the co-chairs, for which I thank them. They have had meetings with more than 30 stakeholder organisations, including an all-day in-person workshop on 8 March. They have had a public consultation, through which they received approximately 750 written submissions, which indicates the energy behind the approach to change.

I expect to receive the report in the coming weeks - I hope to receive it in April - and will consider and publish it, but I will bring it to the Government first. I commissioned this review so as to have an evidence base and recommendations in advance of the Estimates process and the budget in October. After receiving it, bringing it to the Cabinet in due course and publishing it, I will try to begin to make progress on the Estimates.

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