Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

A significant amount of legislation was cleared before the election was called.We have said we will publish the majority of the Bills before the next session. The Whips will decide on the balance of the work for the House in this session but that includes the budget, the Social Welfare Bill, the nursing homes support scheme Bill, the Appropriation Bill and there is the possibility of another health Bill being published in that time. There will be no shortage of important legislation in the remainder of this term.

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