Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The foreshore (amendment) Bill is due later this year. It is on the list, as the Deputy said. I do not know when the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be ratified. I will check that for the Deputy, but a parliamentary question to the relevant Minister would provide him with the exact situation. I will have to check the third issue the Deputy raised. The planning and development (amendment) Bill, which has been published, will address some of these issues, although I am not sure whether it will specifically address the point raised by the Deputy regarding ports policy. I will check that and get back to the Deputy.

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