Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The plan is to publish the plan for all to see and begin implementation in November, and if not in November by the end of the year. We are in limbo and huge patience has been shown in the region on this point. I do not want us to be in limbo for much longer. The plan is to have everything done and dusted and agreed by Cabinet by mid-November, or at the end of the year by the latest, and then to begin implementation immediately. The legal work on separation and the business plans could take time, but for all intents and purposes the company could be established with its own board and be running itself in the new year.

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