Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The financial services regulation Bill will be introduced next year.

We were ready to take the nursing home support scheme Bill this week and next week. However, I was asked in the House by the Opposition to defer this. Several groups outside of the House also wish to make submissions on it. These groups are not one bit happy because they wanted it passed on 1 January. I agreed to defer it and I will leave it that way.

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