Over the past three or four weeks, I have asked the Taoiseach on a number of occasions about the privatisation of Coillte. In his latest reply, he did not give an indication of the timescale for a Government decision on this issue. I did not have the benefit of reading what he said in reply to me over the past few weeks but I thought he had indicated that an early decision was imminent. Could he enlighten us as to when he will bring this decision or a proposal to the House?

NewERA is carrying out an evaluation of the matter to be considered - that is, the potential sale of harvesting rights on lands owned by Coillte. The agency has been joined in that assessment by the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Public Expenditure and Reform. When the evaluation is completed and assessed, it will be brought to Government by the Ministers for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Public Expenditure and Reform and the Government will then make a decision. That memorandum has not come to Government. It will in due course and then the Government will make its decision clearly.

The Taoiseach has no timescale.

I do not but the Deputy will know about it when the decision is made.