Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Adoption (Amendment) Bill has been through the Seanad and Dáil, and the amendments now need to be taken back to the Upper House. That is listed to be done on 13 July. Last week, I spoke to the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, about the gambling control Bill, which is now very advanced. We hope to have that in the next session. As the Deputy says, having proper regulation in that area is long overdue. The heads of the child care (amendment) Bill were published in January and we anticipate that to be in for the next session. The affordable child care Bill has run into a number of difficulties, as Deputies will be aware. We had hoped to have that up and running for September. That will now not be the case. The child care subsidies are still being provided but this is being done through the existing schemes. We do not yet have a date as to when the legislation will go through. I anticipate that it would be done by the end of the year.

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