Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. I know that there is a consultation process but, given our discussion on EU legislation this morning, my point is that we always engage in the European legislative process late. It is now a fait accompli and a consultation process will make no difference to Europe's timelines. What level of engagement was there from the Department in highlighting our concerns with, for example, practitioners to make them aware of the possibility of a change to the filing deadlines? This should have been done years ago, but we are at the tail-end of the process.