Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

On the previous list of Bills, the Pharmacy (No. 1) Bill and the Pharmacy (No. 2) Bill were listed together. I note it is intended to publish the Pharmacy (No. 1) Bill but the second Bill is not yet approved. There is concern about patient safety, compliance with European law and compliance with the health and medical laws of the State. Will the Pharmacy (No. 1) Bill deal with those? Why has the No. 2 Bill been dropped from the list?

We are due to discuss the Moriarty tribunal report next Wednesday. Will there be an opportunity for questions and answers at the end of the series of statements? Some Members might wish to raise questions and the Taoiseach or somebody else might wish to give answers. I have asked questions a number of times about the Harris report but there is still no indication that it will be debated in the House. The report, which was translated at a cost of €16,000, deals with the decline of the Irish language in primary schools.

No. 38 on the list is the Education Ireland Bill, which deals with the teaching of English to foreign students here. I visited a school in Dublin West last week. The school has 150 children who require support teaching in English but, due to the inflexibility of the Department of Education and Science, there are only two language support teachers. There is an all round drop in reading skills as a consequence.

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