Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome that. I acknowledge that the Minister is not here due to a sad personal circumstance. I am sorry to hear that.

After the conclusion of the Bill in this House and before it gets to the Dáil, and notwithstanding the pressure of the Dublin situation in the middle of this month, it would be helpful and important if there would be some engagement by the Department with the Coroners Society of Ireland and its representatives. It feels a bit left out of the loop for whatever reason. I think it would be helpful for everybody if this were to happen, particularly in acknowledgement of all the society does in the day-to-day running of the system it is involved with. It would be better for relations between ourselves, the Department and the society if there were some engagement between now and when this Bill is brought to the Dáil, which will probably be quite soon. I would appreciate if that could be facilitated