Health and criminal records legislation
Bernard Durkan asks about nursing-home support amendments and legislation enabling international criminal-record exchanges. The Tánaiste expects the health legislation this session and the criminal-records Bill later this year.
On promised legislation, what is the progress with the health (amendment) Bill intended to update a number of regulations arising from the 2013 budget in respect of the nursing homes support schemes? I refer also to another important piece of legislation, the criminal records information system Bill, which is to provide for the exchange of criminal records information with EU member states and other designated states. The issue arose in a recent television programme which outlined the activity of criminal gangs and their network across Europe and more widely.
