Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I do not know about legislation but the issue of governance is being discussed by the Minister for Education and Science and the church authorities because of the change in numbers, which the Deputy outlined.

On the patient safety issues, three health Bills will come before the House and they can be raised with the Minister for Health and Children then. I am not aware of a proposal to equalise legislation between the North and South, although it would not be a bad idea to keep control of issues. The legislation will be introduced at the beginning of the next session. I do not know whether all the legislation will be reached but a few Bills were before Cabinet earlier and a number of others will come before Cabinet in the next week or two. A large number will be published and circulated during the Christmas recess, if not before.

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