Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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567. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the progress on the working groups' recommendations; when she expects her Department to finalise a report on the recommendations for consideration by the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Service Reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37774/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Report of the Working Group on the Protection Process, which was published on 30 June 2015, contains 173 recommendations many of which have implications for a number of Government Departments and services. The Government recommended, when approving the publication of the Report, that it should in the first instance be the subject of a detailed discussion at the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Service Reform.

The Committee held its first discussion on the Report on 13 July, 2015. At this meeting the Committee agreed that my Department should prepare a report for the Cabinet Committee, in conjunction with relevant Departments, on the legal, financial and practical implications of the Report's recommendations. Relevant Departments were contacted seeking their views on the Report's recommendations, asking them to identify any impacts and issues that may arise and timescales for implementation. An analysis of the responses received has been carried out by my Department and a report in relation to the matter was submitted to the Cabinet Committee for consideration at its meeting on 2 November, 2015.