Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That was the plan.

For everybody's information, we took a decision that if it was not going to be drafted for pre-legislative scrutiny until the new year, then because of an election, even on the last possible date an election could be held, we would not get a chance to have a proper look at it. If it is published before Christmas, we will act on it before Christmas.