The Cathaoirleach clarified the question raised by Senator Darragh O’Brien on Commencement matters. I will bring the reply received to the attention of the Minister for Health and his office. I cannot do anything further.

At a meeting of the Government on 16 June it was agreed that a petroleum (exploration and extraction) safety (amendment) Bill would be published. This technical Bill will transpose EU Directive 2013/30/EU, also known as the offshore safety directive. The deadline for its transposition is 19 July. The Government is anxious for this deadline to be met. I understand fully the points made by Members on the other side of the House about this legislation. I do not think it is acceptable to expect the House to deal with a Bill that is only being published today. In view of the strong representations made by Members, I am proposing to defer our consideration of the Bill until an opportune time next week.

I thank the Leader.

I know that departmental officials made themselves available for oral briefings on the Bill yesterday. Nevertheless, I think Members of the House have been given insufficient time to deal with this technical legislation.

Well done.

We will deal with it next week. Unfortunately, that leaves us with just one motion to deal with today.

Perhaps the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Heather Humphreys, might come to the House.