Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

In respect of the Dáil sitting next week, the Tánaiste will be aware of the sequence of events that must take place for legislation to go through. Obviously a Bill comes before the Dáil, must go to the Seanad and must come back to the Dáil for final confirmation. In respect of the matter to come before the Dáil next week, will it be in the form of a Bill to deal immediately with plugging the loophole in the legal system? Is it proposed that the Dáil will sit on Tuesday or Wednesday? If it must go through the Dáil and Seanad and come back to the Dáil, it may be preferable, if the Government is ready, to sit on Tuesday and have it dealt with in order that it can go to the Seanad on Wednesday and come back to the Dáil. Has the Government made a decision on this matter? Will it be a Bill and, if so, will it deal specifically with the priority issue of closing the loophole? What is the position in respect of the sequence of events that must be gone through to have the Bill passed?

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