Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

I have two questions for the Tánaiste. First, as a member of the Joint Committee on Child Protection, he will be aware that it is proposed to publish an important Oireachtas joint committee report on child protection tomorrow. Under the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003, will it be required to have that report translated into Irish? Would it be lawful to publish it without a tuairisc Gaeilge available?

Second, on the matter raised by Deputy Rabbitte, I remind the Tánaiste that on 14 June last the Taoiseach told the House he would certainly not rule out the possibility that we could at least start, if not complete, a legislative process over the winter.

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