Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

Given that we enacted the Companies (Audit and Accounting) Bill almost one and a half years ago, will the Tánaiste state when the Act will be in operation? Second, despite the expectation that an EU directive will be transposed tomorrow, the information and consultation of employees Bill is not published yet. Why does it take so long to publish such Bills given the deadlines for EU directives to be transposed?

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