Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

Without the support of the House and the Fianna Fáil parliamentary group, it would not have happened.

Will the Leader consider scheduling the Committee and Final Stages of the Bill for after the Easter recess? The General Register Office has transferred from the Department of Health and Children to the Department of Social and Family Affairs. The Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, has kindly agreed to take the Bill through both Houses and it will become law.

I would like to clear the decks because I have another Bill in the offing, the defamation of the dead Bill 2006, which I intend to bring forward as a Private Members' Bill. I discussed the matter at my parliamentary party meeting this morning and got general agreement to bring it forward for further discussion before bringing it to the House.