Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

Important legislation has been promised, namely, the repayment scheme for the elderly who had their money robbed from them by the State. We were told in the recently published legislative programme that publication is expected in late 2005. If so, will the Taoiseach explain why it has not been included with the Bills expected to be published from the beginning of the Dáil session to the beginning of the next session? One part of the programme states that it will be published in 2005 while the other part of the programme indicates that it will not be published in 2005. The elderly people who are waiting for their entitlements need to know what exactly is the Government promising.

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