Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)

I greatly welcome the Minister of State's reply. First, I must apologise as the question stated the judgment was given on 11 November 2010 rather than on 11 October 2010. Basically, this matter arose during the regime of the previous Government and when Mr. Justice Charleton handed down in that decision last October, representations were made to the then Minister, Mr. Batt O'Keeffe, but unfortunately other events appear to have overtaken the matter. However, the urgency of this issue has not lessened and, in fact, has grown. As the Minister of State is aware, Xtravision has been placed in administration since this topic was first raised and part of the problem arises from the issue to which I refer. While I take the Minister of State's point about the "three strikes" legislation adopted in France being somewhat harsh, he has acknowledged the reasoning behind the High Court judgment, which is that the directives have not been properly transposed and that as Irish law stands at present, people cannot seek injunctive relief against the service provider. As I understand it, the Minister of State has stated that legislation will be prepared to allow people to seek such injunctive relief. Can he provide an indication as to how long this will take?

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