Health, legal aid and cybercrime Bills
Deputy Durkan seeks timetables for free GP care, legal aid and implementation of the EU cybercrime directive. Deputy Howlin expects the health Bill this session, the legal aid Bill next year, and has no cybercrime date.
What is the current position on the Bill to provide free GP services? Have the heads of the Bill been agreed and is it ready for presentation? The lack of a legal aid Bill is causing some problems at the moment. Have the heads of that Bill been approved by the Government? When will the Bill come before the House? Is its urgency recognised? Finally, the EU directive on cybercrime has yet to be incorporated into Irish law. When will that happen?
Comment on this
The health Bill will be introduced this session. We expect it to come before a Cabinet sub-committee within the next fortnight. Heads of the legal aid Bill have been approved by the Cabinet, but the Bill will not be published until next year. I have no date for the cybercrime Bill yet.