Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Taoiseach for that response. My committee is wondering what his plans are. He is open with regard to how we deal with this. The report has not been formally referred to our committee I understand. The concern in our committee is how vast our remit is, with communications, climate action and environment, and we are very much willing to progress this and deal with the 13 recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly. The point was raised that it crosses many Departments, including transport, agriculture, education, housing and local government. The committee's question is what is the best way to go about this to assess the recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly. Maybe that is something we will look at as a committee when it has been formally referred to us.

I have a brief question on the Taoiseach's thinking on the scrutiny mechanism of our legislation passing through the Houses. Is it working or is it slowing down the process of legislation? Does the Taoiseach have any view on how the legislation is working?