Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I am somewhat surprised that Deputy Ó Cuív of all people would have such a poor grasp of mathematics. In addition to the Bills on the A list which have been published, three other Bills that were not on the original A list have been published. The intention still is to publish these Bills. As I indicated, the requirement to publish some of the Bills comes from the memorandum of understanding, a document with which the Deputy should be familiar as the Government of which he was a member negotiated and agreed it. There were commitments in respect of some Bills which were required to be published by the end of this year. As part of the renegotiation the Government has done with the troika, the time limit for publication of these Bills has been moved forward. The Government is continuing to prepare those Bills and will publish them as quickly as possible. I am simply saying they may not be published before the end of this session. The intention with regard to the rest of the legislative programme on the A list is to progress that by the end of this session.

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