Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)

In February last year the Minister for Health and Children guaranteed that she would bring a nursing home support Bill before the House and that it would be dealt with before Christmas. She then promised it would be dealt with this session. We are now in the dying hours of this session and there is no sign of that Bill. Can the Minister tell us when that Bill will be brought forward and if it has been approved by the Cabinet because it is causing serious problems for people?

In the same context, with the type of information we are getting from the Health Service Executive, and the Minister, when will the health information Bill be introduced to control the type of information we are getting in terms of whether it is the truth?

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