Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, who is in the Chamber, promised five Bills last session but none was produced. Six Bills have been on the Government legislative programme since 2003. With the limited resources available to us, the Labour Party has published 16 Private Members' Bills whereas the Government, despite all the State resources on which it can draw, cannot produce the legislation it has promised. If the Government has no business for next week, we can deal with some of the 16 Bills the Labour Party has produced.

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