Mr. Muiris O'Connor:

The Minister is very engaged in this. He gets regular opportunities to input and get briefed on our progress. He frequently attends management board meetings of the Department where updates on this issue are available. We work very closely with the Minister right across the Department and with his advisers. He and his advisers have pushed it to the priority legislation repeatedly in the term before Christmas and it is on there again for the current Dáil term. The pressure is on us. The Minister is eager to deliver on this and I understand is supported right across the coalition Government on that.