Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)

We hope the Bill will be put in place in early 2008. There are very complex issues relating to it. The Government is committed to introducing changes in the tenant purchase system. We must also take account of the advice from the Office of the Attorney General. There are certain issues with which the officials from the Attorney General's office are not satisfied. Officials from my Department are engaged in consultation with the Attorney General's office on this issue and it is hoped that this measure, among others, will be introduced early in 2008. I cannot introduce a system that will be found wanting legally at the end of the day. We want to make absolutely sure that, when it is introduced, it will stand up in law.

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