Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

The Bill providing for the health information quality authority was promised by the Tánaiste for shortly after the Health Bill but there is no indication of when that will now occur. Mr. Kevin Kelly, the executive chairman of the Health Service Executive, stated this morning there will be further legislation on accountability and that he had held discussions with the Tánaiste on this issue. However, there is no indication of such legislation either.

We have a legislative programme and we ask questions in the House but every time we do there is a different answer.

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