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Workplace and health information Bills

Summary

Willie O’Dea asks when the workplace relations and health information Bills will be introduced, criticising the Department of Health. After political exchanges and procedural interventions, Burton says the workplace relations Bill is due early next year.

When will the workplace relations Bill be introduced? In view of the pandemonium in the Department of Health, the legislation is clearly urgent and should be prioritised? When will the health information Bill be introduced? Is the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, the proper person to process this legislation in view of his inability to communicate with his Minister of State?

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The Deputy is well qualified to comment on relations between senior and junior Ministers. Perhaps he might share his great insight into this issue with the rest of us at some stage.

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I was never forced to walk out of government.

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Bernard Durkan Deputy Bernard J. Durkan Fine Gael

The Deputy walked.

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If I remember correctly, however, he was not allowed to walk back in for a while.

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The Deputy will be pleased to note that the workplace relations Bill will be introduced early next year. The Bill will solve all future difficulties for-----

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The place will have fallen apart by then.

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I welcome the Deputy's newfound interest in workplace relations, given what he did to the former Taoiseach, Mr. Brian Cowen.

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Many of the Deputies opposite were well aware this was a workplace when Mr. Cowen was Taoiseach. Deputy Timmy Dooley was saying one thing in the Chamber and another outside.

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

Does the Deputy wish to ask a question? If so, he should proceed as a time limit applies.

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If he gives another performance like this, he will be history.

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The electorate will decide.

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

I ask the Deputy to ignore the sideshow.

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