Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

I am glad Senator O'Meara may table this amendment on Report Stage. I see the amendment as more fundamental and simpler than the provision in the Bill. It is more fundamental to the person being assessed and it relates to the point of interaction, where the person is assessed and realises the assessment does not meet his or her needs. Rather than addressing clinical matters it deals with the situation where an assessor does not understand what is wrong with the applicant and what he or she needs. There is great merit in the amendment.