Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 243: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to permit local authorities to refuse to release the bonds that are collected from developers to ensure that sewage, lighting and roads are up to standard until building defects in private residential apartment blocks built by bankrupted developers are corrected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21843/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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I have established the National Co-ordination Committee on Unfinished Housing Developments, which I am also chairing, to oversee implementation of the Report of the Advisory Group on Unfinished Housing Developments, entitled Resolving Ireland's Unfinished Housing Developments, together with the Government's response to the recommendations entitled Resolving Unfinished Housing Developments. Both reports are available on my Department's website - www.environ.ie. The Committee will be meeting on a regular basis with the aim of publishing a report on progress achieved within the next 12 months. In the meantime, the ongoing implementation of both reports will include, inter alia, an assessment of the framework for the operation of bonds, taking account of existing legislative provisions, statutory guidance and practical experience in the operation of bonds in order to determine what further policy advice and action are necessary in this regard.

Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the judicial council Bill. [21491/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I would refer the Deputy to my response to Question No. 220 of 14 July 2011 which read as follows: "As indicated in the Government Legislation Programme for the Summer Session announced by the Chief Whip on 5 April 2011, the Judicial Council Bill is in the course of being drafted with a view to being published in late 2011."