Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

Drafting in respect of various aspects of this legislation is continuing. The Deputy will be aware various Departments are involved. The priority is to get the drafting complete and having done so to make a decision as to whether it would be best to incorporate all the issues, which are interconnected, into one Bill. We must get on with the drafting in respect of the various aspects of this issue as it applies to various Departments. Once that has been done we can engage with the Attorney General in respect of whether it would be more expeditious to incorporate all the issues in an omnibus Bill or to proceed separately with the issues through the various departmental priorities.

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