Ba mhaith liom ceist a chur faoi reachtaíocht atá geallta. Will the Taoiseach provide an update on the child and family agency Bill and the Children First Bill? He may be aware that independent assessments of child protection services in Roscommon, south east Dublin and Waterford have revealed yet again the lack of appropriate services for the most vulnerable. In more than half of the 96 cases examined, adequate safeguards were not in place and chronic understaffing in the psychology services in Roscommon left 180 children waiting for up to two years to be seen. Clearly, this is not acceptable. When will the legislation be published and discussed in the Dáil? When does the Taoiseach expect the new structures to be in place?

I expect the child and family agency Bill to be published inside two weeks. Hopefully, we can have Second Stage in the House before it rises.

In respect of the audit that Deputy Adams referred to, this was contingent upon a very serious case in Roscommon some time ago. It was felt that there should be an audit of the general situation. A number of changes have taken place even since that audit was conducted. The Minister will respond in detail on this later.