Island Communities
Dail Éireann — 2022-02-17
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Heather Humphreys (FG), Cavan-Monaghan

As I stated, the committee is in the process of preparing the draft policy. We are at the final stage. I cannot give the Deputy a specific date but I give her a commitment that I will make sure we get this policy document finished and delivered as quickly as possible. There has been extensive consultation. I attended the online 2021 annual general meeting of Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann and, as I stated, it asked me to allow more time. Its members want to get it right. It has taken a long time to get to this stage and there is no point rushing it at the end for the sake of producing the document by an arbitrary date. We are committed to finalising it very soon.

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Sitting date: 2022-02-17