Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

The Ceann Comhairle can be sure that I am. When I finish my sentence, he will have heard it. I was asking about the Bill that will provide for the exchange of information relating to the endangerment, sexual exploitation or sexual abuse, or risk thereof, of children. The Bill in question, the child care (collection and exchange of information) Bill, is No. 60 on the Government list. It has been promised repeatedly in this House that the Bill will be published in 2010. Is the introduction of that legislation in this House, to facilitate a full debate on this issue and its implications, not a matter of urgency for the Government in the current climate?

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