Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I will raise it with the office. It should be up to date. We brought in reinstatement legislation which means there is a reinstatement process whenever the House passes an Act. The latest Act should be available, which was the idea of the reinstatement legislation. I will raise the matter with the staff.

With regard to the Deputy's point on legislation, the broadcasting Bill is being published online for consultation and to allow the public to make their comments on it. That will help the consultation process. Parts of the charities Bill were drafted but the person working on one part was taken off that work to work on other legislation. I understand that the individual involved is now working on legislation which the social partners are demanding that we deal with under the initiative. There is a host of legislation in that regard. The staff are trying to finish that legislation by January but it would be helpful if they were able to get a free run at this Bill.

The amount of legislation to be dealt with by the office is the difficulty, given the requirements of the House for legislation in so many areas. The staff are producing more Bills every year but we are producing far more requests for legislation.

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