Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I agree with what the Deputy is implying in that consecutive governments have failed to address this issue. I am determined that a decision will be taken on this, although not before we have the final reports from the two expert advisory groups the Government approved in July. They are due in February. The three leaders, the two finance Ministers and I are having the discussions and these will continue. It is not that we are waiting for the reports to start discussions. The idea is that we hope to be able to move very quickly. For the decision to be implemented along with the decision itself being taken in the lifetime of this Government, we need to move very quickly on legislation within the first quarter of 2024.