James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

It seems that KPMG has finished its work. A person who came to me during the week was offered €20,000 but his mother paid out €120,000.

Is this legislation going to come through? We were accused of doublespeak by various Ministers but I will define doublespeak. Doublespeak is being told last Christmas that we would have this Bill by January, being told in January that we would have it before Easter and being told before Easter that we would have it during the summer. We have been told again that we may have it. Can we have a straight answer? Will this Bill come before this Chamber before Christmas? Have the legal issues been resolved?

Regarding the health information Bill, will the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, be given teeth to censure hospitals that do not meet standards?

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