Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I said last week that it was intended that the heads of the Bill would be completed by Government and that they would then be published and sent to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children for its deliberation and analysis. The Government had a discussion on this matter today but it was not concluded, so the heads of the Bill have not yet been approved by Government. The legislation cannot be published until the heads have been approved when they will go to the Joint Oireachtas on Health and Children. The Bill will then be prepared and finalised. The Cabinet committee will deal with the heads and give its views.

Last week I did not say the legislation would be published but that it was the intention to have the heads of the Bill approved by Government. The Government had a discussion on it today but the heads were not finalised, so the matter has not been sent to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children.

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