asked the Minister for Health if he will state the reason for the delay in preparing proposals for a suitable Health Bill for which finance was provided in the 1951 Estimates by the previous Administration.
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As the Deputy should be aware, there has been no avoidable delay in preparing proposals for legislation in connection with the improvement of the health services.
It should not be necessary for me to point out that the provision which he mentions as having been made in the 1951 Estimates by the previous Administration was in relation to the mother and child scheme which the previous Administration abandoned after it had decided to make the provision.
Has the Minister any intention of preparing and introducing in the House a mother and child scheme?
Will the Deputy vote against it again?