Paediatric hospital and gambling Bills
Bernard Durkan asks about the paediatric hospital board and gambling control Bills; the Tánaiste says the former is expected this year and the latter will soon return to Government.
The national paediatric hospital development board establishment order (amendment) Bill has been promised to provide for an amendment to the functions and membership of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board. Have the heads of the Bill been cleared by Government and when is it likely to come before the House for Second Stage? When is the gambling control Bill likely to come before the House and have the heads been approved by the Cabinet?
Comment on this
The heads of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board establishment order (amendment) Bill have not yet been cleared by Government. It is expected to be published this year. I expect that the gambling control Bill will be discussed by Government in the relatively near future.