Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will answer the Deputy's last question first. This is complex legislation. Much work is happening in the Office of the Attorney General in this regard. I hope to publish the general scheme in March. In fairness, committee members have offered to co-operate to expedite its passage through the committee, Dáil and Seanad. We need to pass the legislation by the summer recess. I believe that the current scheme exists on quite tenuous grounds because it only exists under the previous Act. We need primary legislation. It is advancing well. I will keep the committee advised of it. I am aiming for March. We need to start progressing it. If we need amendments on Committee Stage, we can do that too. I corresponded with residents again today. I am committed to bringing forward and building on the enhancements that we brought to the existing scheme of €2.2 billion.