Martin Conway (Fine Gael)

I might have been in some other capacity. Perhaps the Minister of State was. However, I was certainly there when then Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, came, as were the Leas-Chathaoirleach and others, when the big review of the estuary was launched. We had the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and several Ministers at the time.

As a side-script to something I will perhaps raise next week, perhaps we should hold statements on the review and the implementation of that report because a lot of money was spent on it and it was certainly big on renewables. The then Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, was there and spoke passionately about the recommendations and the difference they would make to the country. I would like to know where we are in the implementation of that report. I know that is not why we are here today, but I am putting it on the record anyway.

This Bill is great. Senator Rabbitte's experience in government has influenced it and I hope it will progress in a timely fashion and does not just sit in the system for a year or two. We need to deal with Committee Stage after Christmas, with a view to concluding Report and Final Stages before the summer recess.