Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

The Bill allows for a review within a five year timespan. Will the review be ongoing? Is there any guarantee that the review would begin after two years and continue on? I understand the Government means business when it says there will be a review after five years. Each day we are assailed by terrible things which are happening, including MRSA, the particular nursing home about which there has been much discussion lately and other matters which are raised as "scandals". If something quite abhorrent happened in the context of the operation of this Bill which demanded an immediate review and assessment of the care provided to a particular group, will the Government say it is only three years since the enactment of the Bill and it has not had time to carry out a full review? Will the Minister of State assure us the review process will be ongoing and that it can be interrupted at any time if there is a need for such an intervention if, for example, something happens which affects a group of people and there is an outbreak of much dispute, fear and condemnation?