Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

I am not responsible, nor are the officials in the charity unit in the Department, for anything that should have happened over the past 40 years. The legislation has not been abandoned. The charity unit was only set up in 2003 and the officials based there are working to the best of their ability on this matter. They are doing great work. It is a small unit that is most effective. I want to get the Bill published well before the summer recess. We may not get it into the Dáil before then but I hope we can bring it forward very quickly after that. I might have a vested interest in getting it passed quickly. When it comes to May or June of the following year, I do not know if I want to be spending endless days on Committee Stage.

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