Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Senator O'Brien asked about the status of Senator Quinn's Bill. It has been passed by Seanad Éireann and the other House will decide where and when it will proceed. The Government accepted Committee Stage of the Parental Leave Bill 2013 and, as the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, outlined, the Government has many reservations about the Bill. Nevertheless, it was prepared to accept Committee Stage and it will have many amendments on Report Stage. I will certainly ask the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy White, to come before us to address the matter of GP contracts and the treatment of children under six. I hope he will come to the Seanad in the next number of weeks.

Senator Bacik called for a debate on a number of reports, including one from the European Parliament and another from the justice committee regarding prostitution. I do not know if the report on domestic violence has been published-----