Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. I am aware of the context, and that is why I thought it was important to get somebody with negotiation skills backed up by experts who have financial analysis to understand the means available to the orders and congregations with which these engagements are taking place. As I said earlier, I am not in a position to give a date today. I think it is important that we allow this process to run its course and that we allow these engagements to take place.

I know the very deep interest here in the Oireachtas, and particularly among those who spent time in these institutions, in the outcome of these negotiations. At the end of this process, there will be a clear outlining of the outcome of the negotiations, irrespective of what that outcome may be.

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