David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)

There are nine Bills on the section C list under the auspices of the Minister for Health and Children and many of them have been promised for some time. It is not possible for many of them to be published at this stage but can the Taoiseach tell us whether movement has occurred on these Bills and if any work has gone on in the Department of Health and Children? I refer to the dentists Bill, the eligibility for health and personal social services Bill, the health corporate bodies Bill, the human tissue Bill, the mental health (amendment) Bill, the nurses and midwives Bill and the public health (miscellaneous provisions) Bill. What is happening with these Bills?

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