Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have two issues faoi reachtaíocht atá fógartha but before I come to them, I would like to say the Government needs to have a proper debate on all these issues. The way we are doing business is not good enough but coming back to the Order of Business, I would like to ask the Taoiseach about the health reform Bill and the Constitutional Convention.

The Government set a timeframe of four months for it to respond to recommendations from the convention. In February, in response to a question from me, the Taoiseach accepted that he had not responded to the convention's fourth report on Dáil electoral reform, which was published in August of last year. Today is the deadline for the Government's response to another set of recommendations on the extension of voting rights for Presidential elections.

Will the Government be responding today and when can we expect a response to the earlier report from August last? The health reform Bill is about future heath care and the disestablishment of the HSE. The Taoiseach was contacted recently by members of the family of Pádraig Schäler, who are really concerned at the enormous bills-----

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