26 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a list of the legislation being contemplated or proposed within her Department; the proposed short title or working title of the legislation; an outline of the objects of the legislation being considered, and in each case if the general scheme of the Bill has or has not been approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4016/11]

Earlier this month the Government Chief Whip announced a break with the usual practice of publishing a full legislative programme at the start of a Dáil session as the current session will be interrupted by a general election. In place of this, the Government set out a legislative work programme for the remainder of this Dáil. As this did not include the publication of specific health Bills, a list of health legislative proposals from the Government legislative programme for Autumn 2010 is set out below. This list excludes the Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill 2011 which has since been published.

The general scheme of the Health Information Bill was approved by Government in June 2009. The heads of the other Bills listed below have yet to be approved by Government.