Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

Arising from his U-turn on the issue of home defence, which he derided when that matter was introduced by Fine Gael, will the Tánaiste say when he intends to introduce the legislation arising from the Law Reform Commission report? When does he expect to introduce legislation dealing with the issue of sentencing, which again he rubbished until the Director of Public Prosecutions came out with his comments? As regards a report on the front page of today's Irish Examiner, in respect of the Mental Health Act 2001, Part 2, apparently there are serious gaps in this legislation that were known to the Government for the last four years, which will take months if not years to shore up.

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