Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There is simple question the people who have been frustrated over the past three or four years and who want to do some good things for our country want to be answered. When I was going to school, "shortly" never meant a defined period of time. The simple question is whether the Minister will go with a memorandum to the Cabinet and whether we will have the Bill, whether that is the old one, a new Bill or some other Bill, before the summer recess in order that we can kick it into gear and get it sorted. That is all we want. We are not unreasonable people. We had the meeting with the Minister of State and we thank him for all that. My understanding on that day, however, especially in light of the way Deputy Ó Cuív explained the matter in his experience, was that there would be a way of getting around it and getting the Bill back. If there is not, that is fine, we can just call it the wildlife (amendment) Bill 2022, away we will go and we will hammer it through.

We cannot keep waiting. Will the Minister of State please confirm whether a memorandum will be brought to the Cabinet and the Bill will be brought before the Dáil before the recess in July?

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