Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

Will the Minister give a commitment to publish the report next week? Can he give us a sense of how quickly decisions will be taken and subsequently implemented? Will the decisions be implemented before the budget? Does the Minister anticipate that there will be legislation on this issue in the next couple of months? People cannot afford to wait until the budget because this issue could get lost in the wider issues that will be debated at that time in the context of the budgetary adjustment. It should be dealt with urgently before the budget.

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