Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, is working on that legislation. I know it is a priority for him and I am sure he will get the co-operation of the House to pass that legislation whenever he brings it into the House. My Department is working on the relevant IT system. We are working hard to have it ready by the beginning of April. As soon as the legislation is passed, if we do not have the systems ready, we will backdate payments. We will make sure that everybody is in payment from the beginning of April. I hope the Deputy will understand that there has been a lot of work done on our IT systems. We have had to change them for a number of different things. Staff are working very hard to have it ready.

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