Legal Services and Coroners Bills
John O’Mahony seeks progress on the Legal Services Regulation and Coroners Bills; the Taoiseach says amendments are being drafted and the Coroners Bill has not advanced.
The Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 was taken on Committee Stage before the summer recess. When is it due to be completed? The Coroners Bill was initiated as far as back as 2007. When might it be progressed?
I welcome the two reports of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications on the sponsorship of sports organisations by the alcohol industry and the growth of social media and how to deal with issues this raises. It is also welcome that, through last week's proposed Dáil reforms, such reports can be discussed in the House. Will the Taoiseach ask the Government Chief Whip to table them for debate at the earliest opportunity?
Comment on this
Amendments to the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 are being drafted by the Parliamentary Counsel's office and, therefore, we are awaiting its return on Committee Stage. The Coroners Bill 2007 has not moved any appreciable distance since it was last raised.
With regard to the committee report on sponsorship by the alcohol industry, I expect the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Alex White, to report to the Cabinet sub-committee during the next series of meetings on Monday week. What was the Deputy's final question?