Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The European Commission today approved the extension of the credit institutions eligible liabilities guarantee scheme to the end of the year. Perhaps the Taoiseach will indicate if the Government intends bringing this matter before the House at any point, by what means this will be done and if it will happen before the summer recess.

It is now several months since the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children agreed a wording for a referendum on the rights of children. This is a matter on which there is now all-party agreement. We are into the second last week of this Dáil term and it is high time the Government told us when the referendum on children's rights will be held and when the referendum Bill to enable that referendum to be held will be brought before this House. Perhaps the Taoiseach will indicate when this will happen.

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