The Retention of Certain Records Bill in the Minister's Department is concerned with retaining the records of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, the Residential Institutions Redress Board and the Residential Institutions Redress Review Committee. The intention in the original legislation was to destroy these records. The legislation received pre-legislative scrutiny well over a year ago. It has been on the priority list since last autumn but has not yet been brought before the House.

I do not understand why that is the case. I ask the Minister to tell the House when it will be published and come before the House.

I understand that the issue is deciding on the final place where such records will be retained. Some work has had to be done to identify where the records will be stored but I will communicate further with Deputy O'Sullivan in due course.

It is a very long time since it went through pre-legislative scrutiny.