Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

That is the way it is operating. I believe it is not in accord with EU law.

Are the financial services (deposit guarantee scheme) Bill and the National Pensions Reserve Fund (amendment) Bill already drafted and finalised? When will they be introduced in the House? Will they be in their original formats?

Regarding No. 43 on the list, the electricity (transfer of transmission assets) Bill, and given the necessity to focus on that area with a view to reducing energy costs as a matter of urgency, would it be possible to coax that Bill into the House? Perhaps at the tail end of it the relevant Minister from the Green Party might also be coaxed into the House to give us some idea as to what is happening.

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