Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

First, with regard to the legal issues, we were working with the Attorney General and additional external advice has been sought on the potential issues arising from it. We will keep the impetus going in that regard.

With regard to Article 4 of the directive and the 80% threshold, we are required to prepare an action plan in line with the directive and work is under way at the moment in that regard. The deadline that has been established by the Commission is that it has to be prepared and presented by the end of 2025. We in the Department absolutely believe that we will meet that deadline so work is under way on it currently and we will publish a draft plan in due course.

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