Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We are waiting for a response from the European Court of Justice for a hearing date and we do not know how much it would fine us, what the amount would be or how many days it would be dated to. We are in a situation where we were advised that we could not transpose this legislation through statutory instrument. It is normally done through secondary legislation but because the adjudication process had to be compliant with the Constitution, we were advised we would have to do this through primary legislation. That delayed everything and as a result, we are late but we have shown progress and have managed to get it through the Dáil. If we can enact this soon I hope we can do it without being fined at all.