Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Senator has caught me off guard. I did not realise that was approved by the Council yesterday. I assumed it would go to the Council meeting in October but it must have been done by written procedure. I will have to take a look at that.

Our intention is to transpose the directive within the deadline set by the EU. The timeline we have set internally, which I do not necessarily want to be held to because this is a complicated area, is to have it done by the end of 2023. We would certainly aim to have it done within the timeline set by the directive.