Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I understand there are only nine sitting days left for this session of the Dáil. The Standards in Public Office (Amendment) Bill 2007 went before the Seanad on 4 July 2007. It is still on the Order Paper after two years. The Taoiseach is aware that when he was Minister for Finance the main provisions of the Bill were to raise the value of a gift Ministers and Ministers of State can receive from €650 to €2,000. Things have changed since then. What is the current status of the Bill? Is it intended to put it before the House, leave it on the Order Paper or change the levels which were determined at the time? The value of a gift which would not impinge upon the work or intention of a Minister or Minister of State in Government was determined to be €2,000.

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