Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Children First Bill has been repeatedly promised by the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, by the Tánaiste and by the Taoiseach as far back as before the summer recess last year. As recently as at the launch of the new Child and Family Agency, the Taoiseach promised it would be before the Oireachtas within two weeks. That agency was launched eight weeks ago and we are still waiting to see the Bill before the House. Will the Taoiseach please give a definitive timeframe for when that legislation will be before the House? Children are being left in vulnerable situations as a result.

The second Bill was alluded to earlier, namely, the health (general practitioner medical service) Bill. The Taoiseach said that will be in within two weeks. Will that deal with the inequitable situation that currently exists?

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