Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

I, too, would like to see that debate on Aer Lingus take place as soon as possible. On promised legislation, I raised on Taoiseach's Questions how some legislation has a long gestation period. Few have the gestation period of the Charities Regulation Bill. Given that the European Commission has complained about the Government's position on charities, although I am not sure I would agree with its complaint, we need this legislation which dates back to the 1990 Costello report. Given that many charities have charitable status and yet there is no legal basis for it and no registrar of charities, does the Taoiseach not see an urgent need to publish this legislation without further delay?

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