Will the proposed foreshore management legislation go through the Oireachtas before any permission is given to the Dublin Array? As the Tánaiste knows, permissions for inshore windmills were given by the former Ministers, Noel Dempsey and Frank Fahey. The Dublin Array profoundly affects the constituency of the Ceann Comhairle and the Tánaiste, as well as my own constituency, due to the impact it will have on our environment and landscape. Will that legislation come before the House before any permission is given to the Dublin Array?

This is important legislation to modernise the foreshore planning regime in the maritime area. It is to streamline the development of the consent process for the foreshore. The heads of the Bill were approved by the Government at the end of July 2013 and we expect it to be published in this session.