The Newfoundland and Labrador legislature will soon deal with the future of suspended child and youth advocate Darlene Neville.

She was temporarily removed from her job, with pay, in August, after the government said it had received complaints from staff about her management style.

Neville was in the middle of several high-profile cases, including a case in Labrador involving the deaths of two children in 2008 that her staff believed did not warrant an investigation.

Neville has attempted to defend herself, asking for permission to speak directly to members of the house of assembly. She even went to the courts to seek that permission, but her application was dismissed last week.

Liberal Kelvin Parsons, the Opposition house leader, argued in the legislature Monday that Neville deserves to have her say before a final decision is made on her future.

"The current minister of health and the former minister of finance stated when Ms. Neville was originally suspended by government that she would have an opportunity to state her case to cabinet before any resolution was brought to the house of assembly," Parsons told the legislature. "I ask the minister, will this opportunity to address cabinet still be offered to Ms. Neville? And if so, when? Or would an independent review be more appropriate?"

Treasury Board president Tom Marshall would only say the provincial government would table a resolution dealing with Neville's suspension before the end of this legislative session.

He wouldn't say what would be in the resolution.