Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister clearly signalled at the start that her response would be unsatisfactory. Obviously, it is. This Bill will fall with the fall of the Government and therefore will not be enacted in this term.That is an appalling situation, given the fact that we have been waiting for over ten years. The Minister of State was silent on whether it had been stalled by vested interests. That silence tells its own story and we can draw the obvious conclusions.