Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Both pharmacy Bills are to be ready during the course of this year. The charities regulation Bill is large. Work is proceeding as speedily as possible and it has been receiving priority. The heads were approved by Government approximately one month ago and we hope to have it in the House this year. I hope many of the substantive legal issues that surround charitable donations and bequests have been resolved. It has taken a huge amount of effort and commitment, and I hope those major issues have been resolved. It is a matter of drafting the Bill — even the heads are extremely large — and I hope it will be ready this year.

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