Mr. Se?n Clancy:

As I said at the beginning, we have a collaborative approach ongoing. It would not be appropriate at this point in time to jeopardise the discussions and consultations with our stakeholders, but there are areas that are within scope and areas that are not. As I said, the Slovenian judgment has been definitive, in one sense, or instructive. Those discussions are maturing not only with the civil and military part of the stakeholder engagement but also in the consultative space with the representative associations. There will be further meetings later on this week with that, so I do not intend to go into what is or is not within scope. It is not necessarily about exemptions, as scope is what we are talking about here.

Ultimately, this is a matter for the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Deputy Micheál Martin, to decide. As I said, when that is done and the heads of Bill have been finalised, it will then be a matter for the Houses of the Oireachtas to finalise the transposition into legislation. With respect, that is as full an answer as I feel it would be appropriate for me to give.