When is the sale of alcohol Bill expected to be before the House? Have the various court proceedings in adjoining jurisdictions made it possible to advance the debate in this area?

On another promised Bill, when the people on the other side of the House were on this side-----

We can cut out the preliminaries.

This is on promised legislation. Those on the other side of the House promised to repeal the Explosives Act 1875. Could the Tánaiste indicate when that legislation is likely to come before the House?

The Deputy's party has been in power for three and a half years.

Stop, Bernard.

It must be nearly due by now.

Deputy Ellis would know all about that.

I hope Deputy Durkan is not intending to set off fireworks with that potentially explosive question. I understand the legislation will be ready early next year. A lot of work has been done on the sale of alcohol legislation, which I understand will be ready next year.