Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

All I can say to the Deputy at this stage is that it is on the list. Deputy Collins will have seen the A list of legislation published this term. It is in a queue of important legislation. I hope we will see it during the course of this year. Naturally, I am very much dependent on the Office of the Attorney General and my officials.

I say this privately on a regular basis and I should probably say it publicly on some occasions. I am constantly amazed at the capacity of my officials in the Department of Justice and Equality to draft and be engaged with the largest amount of legislation that any Department has to publish. Also, I am astonished at the capacity of the Office of the Attorney General and the Attorney General to deal with the vast amount of reforming legislation coming from not only my Department but all the Departments in which my colleagues, from both parties, serve as Ministers. That is an issue. I would publish all of this tomorrow if we had the capacity to finalise it. I hope we will see it during the course of this year.