Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am advised by the Minister for Health that he is still engaging on the issue of the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019. He is engaging with the 221+ group and the Attorney General around its legal implications. The Minister still hopes to get the Bill done this week but there is a possibility that we will put it off for a week if that makes sense. He is still hoping that we can have an agreement and get the legislation done this week, if at all possible. We are all acting in good faith in that regard.

The EPA report is a research paper. As is the case with any research, it provides a useful contribution to the debate around land use. However, I can clarify for Deputy Mattie McGrath that it is not Government policy to quadruple the amount of forestry. It is Government policy to increase it from 11% to approximately 18%, which is not even double. It is also not Government policy to reduce the amount of livestock in Ireland by one third.

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