Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I understand that will be next year at the earliest. All I can say to the Deputy is that the whole idea of bringing forward a listing process at the beginning of every session is to give an indication of what is likely to appear during the course of this session. People will know from replies to parliamentary questions or, indeed, repeated statements by myself that confirm what has been said in recent times regarding where legislation is in these matters. It is important to point out that, of course these are matters that can be raised on the Order of Business, but the legislative programme is outlined on the listing and that is usually the best gauge of what timing is involved.

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