Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Yes, I will be very quick. I am sorry; I misunderstood how this committee works. I thought I was on the roster and that the Chairperson would come to me. I apologise for that. I have a comment for the Chairperson. I know it is not for me to tell him what to do but, when the committee has its private meeting, it might be useful to consider inviting people from Limerick before the committee. I refer not only to Deputies, Senators and councillors, but also to Limerick academics and community groups. As the Minister of State has said, many people contributed to the consultation carried out by Tim O'Connor, so it would be very useful to do that. As I said, what the committee does is not for me to decide but it would be quite useful to consider that when it goes into private session.

I will go back to a question I have raised with the Minister of State. I am still unclear as to what still needs to be done. I will not say the Bill is delayed because it represents a very large amount of work and, in fairness, the Minister of State and his officials have done a good job on it, but what additions are we waiting on? Where are we with that? Will the Minister of State give us a timeline as to when he anticipates the President signing the Bill? What is his hope or anticipation in that regard?