Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is very good to hear what those next stages are going to be and what that implementation programme will look like.

I am aware that the committee has quite a heavy agenda, but this is a very important issue. Could we ask the Minister of State and his officials to come before us on a twice-yearly basis in order to provide updates on the implementation programme, on how things are going in the context of establishing the forum and the various working groups, on stakeholder interaction, on any of the changes that may be needed and on whether there will be a need, as the Minister of State indicated, for further legislation and on how such legislation might be progressed? If possible, it would be good for the committee to be kept abreast of developments.