Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I draw the Taoiseach's attention to section B of the legislative programme, the Bills in respect of which heads have been agreed and texts are being drafted. Very similar Bills were published at the beginning of the life of the present Dáil and the current rate of progress has been painfully slow to date. Incidentally, I note the inclusion of the Curragh of Kildare Bill, which I believe first appeared on the Order Paper when I was first elected to the House. However, the major problem pertains to section C, which consists of 50 Bills in respect of which heads have yet to be approved by the Government. Many of the Bills are important and at the present rate of progress will not have passed through the House by the end of the life of the present Dáil. I ask the Taoiseach whether it is intended to draw up a priority list whereby such urgent legislation can be speeded up and brought through the House at an early stage?

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