Brendan Ryan (Labour)

Instead of leaving it to land on everyone's lap, I should have done my colleagues the courtesy of telling them the Labour Party is publishing a Bill. I am speaking about the genealogy and heraldry Bill and would be happy to arrange a briefing during the coming weeks for anyone who is interested, courtesy of the Genealogical Society of Ireland, at the insistence of which we will publish the Bill. It has legitimate concerns. This matter is a classic example of something that is important but not urgent and can, therefore, be left off political agendas.