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Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Brian Cowen: Hold on.

Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Brian Cowen: Exactly.

Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Brian Cowen: I understand the earliest the Bill will be ready is later in the year.

Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Brian Cowen: No legislation is promised.

Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Brian Cowen: As I have said, I cannot get into the detail of the legislation now being prepared. I remind the House that the review group has been asked to examine existing information on all deaths of children in care over the past ten years. It will produce an overall report for publication which includes, on an anonymised basis, key summary information regarding each child and the circumstances...

Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Brian Cowen: I look forward to the opportunity.

Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Brian Cowen: Deputy Broughan is sharpening his knives.

Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Brian Cowen: No respect.

Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Deputy is being succinct.

Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Brian Cowen: So much for succinctness.

Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Brian Cowen: Dún na nGall.

Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Brian Cowen: There is no date for that legislation at the moment.

Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Brian Cowen: We will give consideration to all of these matters and avail of the quickest way of doing it.

Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Brian Cowen: I have been here for two hours.

Written Answers — Household Medical Expenditure: Household Medical Expenditure (26 May 2010)

Brian Cowen: The average annual household expenditure on doctors in the Household Budget Survey includes any expenditure on general practitioners, doctors in hospital and consultants. The sub-index of the Consumer Price Index used to update this expenditure is calculated using price quotations from both general practitioners and consultants in private practice.

Constitutional Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together. The Attorney General has informed me that all of the recommendations of the Sullivan report have been fully implemented.

Constitutional Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: The recommendations in the Sullivan report relate to the internal workings of the office itself and were designed to ensure that matters of a sensitive nature would be brought to the urgent attention of the Attorney General. All of those recommendations are being implemented. On the other matters to which the Deputy refers, I have outlined to the House on a number of occasions the position...

Constitutional Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: The recommendations in the Sullivan report make no reference whatever to a constitutional referendum on children's rights. Instead, they relate to risk assessment procedures, the co-ordination and allocation role of the advisory counsel, management of the office and information technology. There is no reference whatsoever to the referendum on children's rights in the Sullivan report. I...

Constitutional Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: With respect, the questions relate to-----

Constitutional Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: These questions ask me to report on the implementation of the Sullivan report. That report made specific recommendations in the areas set out in the report. The reply, as I am informed by the Attorney's General's office, is that all the recommendations of the report have been fully implemented. All of the supplementary information I will have in regard to this matter relates to the...