Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Fourteen of the Bills have been published, namely, the Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill; the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; the Water Services (Amendment) Bill; the European Financial Stability and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill; the Health (Provision of General Practitioners Services) Bill; the Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; the Competition (Amendment) Bill; the Public Services Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill; the Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill; the Local Government (Household Charge) Bill; the Bretton Woods Agreement (Amendment) Bill; the Social Welfare Bill; the Appropriation Bill; and the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill. One Bill, the temporary agency workers Bill, has been approved at Cabinet and awaits publication. A further three Bills which were not on the A list of the autumn legislation programme have been published. These are the Access to Central Treasury Funds (Commission for Energy Regulation) Bill; the Road Transport Bill; and the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill. I can go through the remaining Bills on the A list if the Deputy wishes.

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