The Minister for Foreign Affairs has said the services element of the Occupied Territories Bill is significantly more complex than the goods part when it comes to crafting the legislation.
Sinn Féin described the progress on the bill as "halting" during questions to the Minister in the Dáil this morning.
Helen McEntee said it was essential to have a "pathway" towards a two-state solution and a lasting peace.
She said the Government had received recent advice by the Attorney General on the services element, but said she could not reveal the details of the advice.
She said she had sought clarification on a number of issues, something Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire described as a continuing "dance".
He said "the urgency of this is very clear".
Ms McEntee said the situation in Gaza was appalling and that aid was not being let in, in sufficient quantities.
"What we are doing ... is to try to ensure aid gets in."
She said she accepted there was an increase in settler violence recently.
Deputy Ó Laoghaire said Spain had been able to bring services "into the ambit" of their legislation, and said this demonstrates the fact it is possible to do under EU legislation.
"When is a bill going to come before these houses?" he asked.
Minister McEntee said she expected a response from the Attorney General "soon".
"Where we have made progress, real progress, for people on the ground ... it's where we have worked together," at an EU level, she said.
Labour's Duncan Smith asked what Ireland's position was on the Board of Peace.
Ms McEntee said Ireland had not joined US President Donald Trump's board, saying the UN was the appropriate structure to assist Gaza.
"The structure that has emerged from the Board of Peace, we support, but what we really need is to make sure the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian people are supported."
