Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am addressing this urgently. As we know, the outcome of the High Court proceedings only came in the second half of last year. I then commenced the process of formulating the new public consultation process as promptly as I could and it opened in April 2024. I want to see this progressed as quickly as possible. We have to be very conscious that we do things in a sure-footed way that prevents there being any chink which could potentially be legally challenged in terms of any decision that comes out of that. The decision was taken and announced in 2018. It was in the courts for most of the time since then, up until the second half of last year. I am now stepping forward the new consultation and the new process with the objective of making sure that we have a firm and sound outcome.

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