Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As soon as they are ready. Our hope is to have a lot of this work completed towards the end of December. Certainly if it is in conjunction with the review of the company law review group which is targeted for the end of December. We should be in a position to do that. As soon as we have it I am happy to engage at the committee. This is a very open and transparent process we are involved in. It involves the public. I sent a letter out yesterday, which I can copy to the Chairman, asking all relevant stakeholders for their views and we will work through them all. Nobody has any greater access than anyone else in relation to our views on this. Our job as a Department is to get the balance right on behalf of the taxpayer and of employees. It is to ensure a very pro jobs environment, to protect existing jobs and to have a situation where we can grow more and ensure employees are treated properly and fairly and get their entitlements. The State steps in there, when there is any doubt as to statutory entitlements and I cannot be any clearer than that.