I am glad to see that we have a lovely new list of proposed legislative measures.

We cannot deal with the whole list today because we have only six minutes left.

Some of them go back to the time of the previous Government. I compliment the Government on the number of Bills it has passed in the past two and a half years, but the list remains. What is the status of the national paediatric hospital development board (amendment) Bill and when can we expect it to come before the House? Has it been approved by Cabinet and, if so, have the heads of the Bill been signed off?

Similarly, what is the time schedule for the passage of the education (admission to schools) Bill? Has it been cleared by Cabinet? In the interim, will the proposals therein impact on admission policies?

As regards the housing (miscellaneous provisions) Bill, I compliment the Minister of State with responsibility for housing, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, on the tremendous work she has done. She inherited a huge problem. In view of the serious housing emergency that is emerging, which was inherited from the previous Administration, can that Bill be implemented as a matter of urgency with a view to identifying the full extent of the problem unfolding?

I do not have a date for publication of the national paediatric hospital development board (amendment) Bill but, as the Deputy is aware, the Government has decided to proceed with building the national children's hospital and has provided funding for that. After decades of talk about it, we are getting on with it.

It is intended that the education (admission to schools) Bill will be introduced in this session. I understand the Minister for Education and Skills will be talking about that to the Committee on Education and Social Protection.

The housing (miscellaneous provisions) Bill was approved by the Government before Christmas. It is intended to publish it in this session. In the October budget, for the first time in many years, the Government provided funding for a public housing programme.