Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In respect of the last question, obviously the Government does not dictate to NAMA what legal cases might arise or how NAMA might contest any legal cases. The case Deputy Martin mentioned went to the Supreme Court and NAMA lost. Obviously the Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts is fully entitled to have representatives of NAMA before that committee and bring the transparency, which Deputy Martin rightly mentioned, so that everyone knows exactly what the issues were and how those costs arose.

Deputy Martin mentioned a range of health area legislation. I will send Deputy Martin details of the progress made. I have already indicated that UHI will not be introduced in the lifetime of this Government. It has been very much delayed and while Deputy Martin refers to fiction in the programme for Government, he should also refer to fact. A considerable number of facts required us to re-draft the priorities of the programme for Government last year and we are following through on those. I will advise Deputy Martin of the progress made in respect of the five or six tranches of legislation to which he referred.

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