Mr. Eamonn Murtagh:

There has been quite a deal of time since. The Deputy outlined the chronology of all the events. He is quite right the Tánaiste would have outlined the priority associated with that. The first element was to get a policy agreement at the start of this year which was discussed with the representative associations and military management. Then, as Ms Sinnamon outlined, there was the legislative means to enable the removal of that blanket exclusion and that is where the engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has come to pass. As Ms Sinnamon has outlined, that statutory instrument is intended to be completed before the end of this year, which would remove the blanket exclusion from that point on.