Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 June 2016
84. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach the Bills relevant to his Department he intends to re-initiate from the previous Dáil Éireann; the Bills his Department is anticipating to introduce in the coming sessions; to provide a previous timescale for each Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15311/16]
View answerA motion restoring a number of Bills from the last Dáil to the Order Paper of the current Dáil was passed on 1 June last. My Department had no Bills before the last Dáil.
The first Government Legislation Programme of the new Partnership Government was published on Wednesday, 8 June last. This list includes titles of the Bills that the Government will seek to publish over the next few months to start to fulfil the commitments made in the "Programme for a Partnership Government".
The only proposed legislation for my Department at present is the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) Bill, which is on the list of Bills the Government plans to introduce in the longer term. When drafted, the Bill will provide for the dissolution of the NESDO and the placing of the NESC on a statutory footing.
