Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I understand the landlord and tenant legislation will be ready in the middle of next year. I understand work is ongoing in the Department of Health on the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (amendment) Bill. I do not have an exact date for the Deputy but I will come back to him on it. There has been considerable work done on the technological universities Bill, as the Deputy probably knows. I anticipate it will be ready next year. There have been significant advances concerning two of the groups that are to use the mechanism in question, one in Dublin and one in the south and south west. The Deputy's comment probably refers to the material in the media on Waterford. As the Deputy knows, the Government is absolutely committed to building, expanding and investing in Waterford Institute of Technology. I do not want to comment on what I saw in the newspapers-----

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