Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I will take the last question first. I am not aware of legislative consequences in respect of this transfer. I will have to check it out and come back to the Deputy. To my knowledge, the Department of Finance has not received a request for a Supplementary Estimate.

The civil partnership issue was discussed at Cabinet earlier and proposals have been published. I will have to check with the Minister about when the Bill will be published.

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