Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It strikes me that beneath it all Deputy Ó Cuív is a closet romantic in putting forward this Bill. There is something romantic in the idea of these artefacts travelling down through history to us. While Schrödinger's cat would long since be dead if it was in a safe deposit box, Schrödinger's artefact excites the imagination when we think what could be inside the boxes. I am sure every one of us is the same in this.

Deputy Ó Cuív has posed a pleasant headache. Normally, there is one Department championing a piece of legislation but this legislation requires input from a number of Departments. I have a number of questions but will begin with that one. I was given the advice when entering politics by Trevor Sargent that, if you want to get something done, get somebody to take responsibility for it. If there was to be extensive redrafting or recasting of the Bill, in which it seems universally acknowledged there is merit, which Department would best head that work? The route to legislation for a Private Members' Bill is tortuous. For this to be done in a short timeframe, ideally a Minister would pick it up and run. I am interested if any Department represented here will say it is the logical one to take this work on.