Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I would hate to think where we would be now with regard to the care of the elderly if those beds had not been in place so quickly. This is a continuing Government priority.

I cannot give the Deputy a date for the introduction of the enforcement of fines Bill. The question of whether attachment of earnings orders might be considered as a better means of collecting fines as suggested by the Deputy could be better articulated in a question at Question Time.

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