Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for his question. I assure him that the Government is actively considering housing initiatives. The Cabinet committee met this week and initiatives are being developed. Any such initiative will appear before the House in the normal way. Those issues will not be on the legislative programme until they are agreed by the Government and moved to drafting stage. That is the normal approach to the legislative programme.

I understand that a planning application regarding the children's hospital was submitted on 10 August. A great deal of work has been done to get it to this point. The drafting of the legislative requirement is ongoing and is on track for publication in 2015, in accordance with the Minister's priorities. The practical implementation of the legislation has been initiated with the submission of a planning application.

The digital hub Bill is for next year. I will bring to the attention of the Minister the Deputy's concern about its priority, but it is still in section C.

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