Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I raise two matters. First, the Government is considering a new wording for the proposed referendum on children's rights but there was also a report from the Oireachtas committee chaired by Deputy O'Rourke approximately two years ago which recommended that legislation should be brought forward separate to the referendum as a matter of urgency. When will that legislation appear or has it lost priority in the Government's legislative timetable?

Second, a number of Deputies have at various times raised issues here about the difficulty that now arises because many of the questions which are tabled to the Minister for Health and Children are referred to the Health Service Executive.

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