Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

For the third time, the Deputy has asked what I am doing about legislation and, for the third time, I will tell him that the auctioneering-estate agency review group submitted a report last year to Government. We subsequently approved preparation of legislation giving effect to the report's central recommendations and that legislation is before Government. Pending the enactment of the required legislation we have applied the substance of the review group's recommendations and put in place preparatory arrangements for the new regulatory authority. We have established an executive chairperson and the office is based in Navan. I hope this is clear to the Deputy.

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