Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

I have a list of legislation to be dealt with during the current session. Report Stage of the Charities Bill will be taken in the Dáil later this month and the legislation should be before the Seanad in early November. The finance Bill will be published in December. It is hoped that it will be introduced here on the final working Friday before Christmas and that Committee and Remaining Stages will be taken on the following Monday. The social welfare Bill will also be published in December. The Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill is currently before the Dáil and it is hoped that all Stages will be completed by Christmas. The legislation is expected to be taken in the Seanad in the next session. The cluster munitions legislation, which was the subject of a query on a previous Order of Business and which has not yet been published, must be dealt with by 3 December 2008. I assure the House that the Civil Partnership Bill will go ahead.