I understand the Government has announced emergency legislation which is due to be enacted before the Easter break. Therefore, it is in the next two weeks that it will bring forward an electoral (amendment) Bill to scrap the provisions whereby, if one is bankrupt, one cannot stand for this House, the Seanad or the European Parliament. I welcome that. However, I have a concern about rushed legislation. I understand this is because of a High Court challenge. This is the second electoral (amendment) Bill that has resulted from a High Court challenge, the other being my own challenge in the by-election case. I put the Taoiseach on notice that there will be further challenges unless we deal with this. For example, local elections taking place on islands which are accessible all year round------

We cannot debate the issue now.

This is an emergency Bill so we will not really get time-----

You should deal with it through the committee.

The issue of bankruptcy will be dealt with. Will the issue of Oireachtas Members having to give tax clearance certificates within nine months also be scrapped because it falls into the same remit of one's financial circumstances? Obviously, any Member of this House or the Upper House who does not furnish that can be suspended for an indefinite duration. Is it the intention of Cabinet to get rid of both measures?

We cannot discuss the content of Bills. We want to know when they are coming in.

The Cabinet is responding to a court case in respect of bankruptcy. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform deals with the other matter. The Government yesterday cleared the issue of bankruptcy but there was no reference or decision made in respect of the second matter raised by the Deputy.

In response to Deputy O'Dea's earlier question, I understand the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions is up and running and dealing with petitions every week.