Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)

As I have stated, a consultation process is ongoing. As Minister, I have just come to this issue, although as it happened I had taken an interest in the matter when the judgment was issued. I have consulted officials in my Department and, as Minister, I have signalled today that the Government must make progress on this matter. I am not in a position to provide a definitive timeline to the Deputy at this juncture but, as he stated, there is a clear and urgent need to engage on this issue and to ensure the directives are properly transposed. I will revert to the Deputy. While I am not obfuscating on the answer, given it was a 70-page judgment and is a quite complex area, I ask that I may revert to the Deputy within a week, when some indicative timelines could be available.

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