Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

Deputy Crawford already raised the issue of the "fair deal" legislation. The senior citizens' organisations appear to have received some kind of assurance that the Bill will be published by the end of April because they say so in their newsletters. Can the Tánaiste give us any date? The end of April is next week and quite a considerable sum has been allocated under the health budget to implement the legislation.

There are three Bills on the pink sheet that pertain to the Department of Health and Children. Two of them were on the pink sheet last term, the adoption Bill and the health (long-term residential care services) Bill. The child care Bill is now included. Has the Tánaiste a date for the introduction of any of these, particularly the adoption Bill, which is to implement the Hague Convention in respect of intercountry adoptions?

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