Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

I congratulate the Tánaiste on her move to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. There are two substantial items of legislation before her and is she in a position, having only recently taken up the post, to comment on their progress? The first is the consolidated companies Bill, with 1,300 sections, which is an unprecedentedly large Bill. I asked the Tánaiste's predecessor if extra resources were being provided to expedite the production of that Bill, which is key to our commercial success and modernisation.

The second item is the rationalisation, consolidation and reform of our industrial relations legislation. Will the Tánaiste indicate the position regarding those Bills? They are not the normal run of the mill types of legislation. Is it the Tánaiste's intention to seek outside resources or assistance to draft them?

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