Sports Ireland amalgamation Bill
James Bannon praises the Government’s legislation and urges progress on a Bill merging the Irish Sports Council and National Sports Campus Development Authority; the Taoiseach says it is expected next year.
I compliment the Taoiseach and the Government on enacting 124 Bills since the Government came into office.
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Is Deputy Bannon looking forward to a reshuffle?
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Much of it was legislation to get rid of quangos that were created by the previous Administration. One Bill I would like to see brought forward is the sports Ireland Bill, which is to amalgamate the Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority. It is urgently needed because both organisations are doing the same work.
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I thought Deputy Bannon was going to offer me a few tickets for Sunday. The amalgamation Bill to which he referred is due before the House next year. The legislative programme for this session is before the House. We expect to have 28 Bills either implemented or published before the end of this year. They have been assessed very carefully in the interests of what must be done.