With regard to promised legislation, when is it proposed to bring before the House the legislation to provide for the disestablishment of the HSE board, the funding of the HSE through the Vote of the Minister for Health and the establishment of the new statutory financial accountability framework for the HSE? This is to come in on 1 January under the health (amendment) (No. 2) Bill. Have the heads of the Bill been cleared and will it be possible to indicate when the Bill will pass through the House?

Fourteen bills have been promised in respect of justice-----

We will not go through the 14 Bills.

I decided to refrain from naming the 14 Bills in deference to the patience of the Taoiseach and the Ceann Comhairle. In view of the reports of the Law Reform Commission, with reference to mandatory sentencing in the past few days and previously in respect of the proposed court of civil appeal, would it be prudent to introduce a consolidated Bill that would incorporate many of the segments mentioned in specific legislation in an effort to overcome the long backlog the Minister inherited from the previous Administration? Is it possible, particularly with regard to bail and criminal activity, to introduce as a matter of urgency a consolidated Bill that would deal with the most pertinent issues?

There is no date for the publication of the bail Bill. The Minister for Justice and Equality has done some work on it and I will ask him to communicate directly with the Deputy.

With regard to the disestablishment of the HSE, the heads of the Bill have not been cleared by the Government. I expect the Bill will be produced before the end of the year. It is not due to come into the House until early next year.