Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

It seems to be the case that the Government has more concern and gives greater priority to the safety of dogs and stags than to children. Could I ask the Taoiseach to tell us, first, where matters now stand with regard to the holding of a constitutional referendum to protect children's rights? Will that Bill be published during the long vacation? Will there be a referendum this year on that issue? Second, what has happened to the legislation that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has promised is in preparation, arising out of the second report of the constitutional committee on children's rights with regard to protecting young people from sexual predators and improving the law in that area?

Third, where now stands the legislation on vetting and the use of soft information from vetting? Can the Taoiseach explain to the House why the protection of stags has a greater priority than the protection of children from paedophiles?

Finally, a promise was made to this House that in the last week in June the report into the Roscommon incest case would be published and available to Members of this House. That report was to be debated in this House before it went into recess. We are now in the last week in June. Has the Roscommon incest report been completed? Has the Government received a copy of it? Will Members of this House receive a copy of it by the end of this week? Will it be debated next week in this House?

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