Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We will not know the final details of the directive until a new European Parliament is elected. My understanding from talking to officials in the Department is that we do not expect it within this mandate of the Commission; it will be the next one. It would be slightly premature for us to try to second guess what a new Parliament and a new trilogue process will deliver in the directive. In the interim, it is very important that we are clear that the existing arrangements stay the same. The current licence requirements are set out with real clarity by the RSA and we need to make sure everyone adheres to the existing guidelines, which are not changing.

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