Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal East, Labour)

I had not planned on bringing this up, but the Minister of State raised Palestine and Gaza. It would be remiss of me because the previous Minister for foreign affairs said that there is an expectation that the Government's occupied territories Bill would be before the House before the end of November. That is not going to happen. I raised that in the Dáil today. Will the Minister of State give any indication on whether it will be brought before the Dáil before the Christmas recess? Is the Government still waiting on advice? It seems like things have gone very quiet since the summer when there was energy through pre-legislative scrutiny here and on the Government's side for getting this forward.