As the Tánaiste knows, the Irish greyhound industry is a major employer and contributor to the Irish economy. It has a number of ongoing issues which I have sought to raise with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, but on each occasion he has told me he is waiting for a Minister of State to be appointed who will have responsibility for that area. Can the Tánaiste let the House know how long more this vacuum at ministerial level will continue, in so far as it relates to the Irish greyhound industry?

I do not know whether the Tánaiste has an answer to that question.

That is a matter that must be considered by Government in due course. There is a greyhound industry (amendment) Bill which is intended to amend and extend the Greyhound Industry Act, and related matters, but I do not have a date for its publication.