Dr. Cecil Beamish:

The Presidency is working to that target. It will be a matter of how well the Council and Presidency work as to whether they can reach that point by mid-June, which is a fairly short timeframe in the nature of these things. The ambition is to try to secure Council agreement as early as possible because the Parliament then has to get to work and arrive at its position. If it does not reach a position by the end of the year, it will be difficult to have this measure in place before elections to the Parliament are held.