Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

On the matter of the proposed legislation, the heads of a Bill were approved today by Government and further work will ensue with the Attorney General, the Office of the Minister for Children and the Department of Health to progress that legislation as a matter of urgency.

As the Deputy said, the banking reports have come to hand and are now with the Department of Finance. The Minister for Finance will read through them, examine them and bring them to Government next week. We also propose to prepare draft terms of reference for consideration by the committee thereafter and to publish the reports after that - next week.

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