Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

It is important that we address the Bill. Given that this Bill was promised for 2004, again for 2005 and now for 2006, will that sliding scale continue or is there any certainty about the publication of the Bill to give us the opportunity to debate this and other major issues? The second promised Bill relates to the urgent matter of our European neighbours' attitude to bird flu, where they are searching people coming into airports and ports for food. The animal health Bill would suggest a level of urgency about this matter, but there is no publication date for that Bill. Will the Taoiseach indicate whether there has been a change in that matter given that talk of this Bill predates the outbreak of bird flu?

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