I wish to raise a number of issues and I will try to get through them as quickly as I can.

I hope they are all in order on the Order of Business.

I assure the Ceann Comhairle that they will all be in order.

On the appalling scandal of the withdrawal of discretionary medical cards from very sick children and from people with chronic, life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, the Government has promised legislation to restore those discretionary medical cards to the sickest in our society. When can we expect that legislation to be published and brought before the Dáil?

I understand that the Cabinet will be meeting this evening to discuss the Cooke report on the alleged bugging of the offices of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. Is the Government open to providing time in the House to consider that report in the coming days? I understand the report will be published before 9 p.m. tonight and that the Cabinet is meeting at 7.45 p.m., although the Taoiseach can correct me if I am wrong on that. Will time be made available in this House to discuss the Cooke report?

The Taoiseach has also promised to bring before the House proposals, for the agreement of the House, for a serious reshuffle of his Cabinet. The Taoiseach made a public statement to that effect and, indeed, the Labour Party will be doing the same, with the aspiring leaders-----

Is Deputy Martin interested in a position?

The country is interested, because we are in limbo land at the moment.

We all know who got us into limbo land.

We have had a caretaker administration for the last number of weeks.

Who will mind the House?

Deputy, do not upset yourself.

It concerns me when I see Deputies Quinn and Rabbitte walking in here every morning, not knowing what their future is. That does worry me.

It is no wonder the Deputy is losing his hair.

That concerns me.

I ask Deputy Martin to stick to the Order of Business.

I just want to know because it will require a resolution of the House. The Taoiseach will have to come before the House to propose the new members of Cabinet. He has indicated publicly that he is going to do it. He has told members of his own party that it will be a radical change.

I ask the Taoiseach to outline the timeframe in that regard.

On the Oireachtas inquiry Bill, the banking inquiry committee members were expected to have their preliminary meeting tomorrow, but it has now been deferred. What exactly is the cause of the delay in the banking inquiry committee starting its work? We are aware that the Seanad selection committee selected the Seanad nominees last week. There has been no formal referral by anybody to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges of a Member of either the Seanad or the Dáil. We need an explanation from the Government as to why there is a delay in the commencement of the work of the banking inquiry committee.

I ask the Taoiseach to update us on the status of the regulation of lobbying Bill and explain the delay with regard to that legislation.

The Government made its decision in respect of a suspension of the review of discretionary medical cards, which were withdrawn for administrative reasons. Obviously, the Minister is considering how best to restore them. He will bring-----

There was a commitment given by the Minister for Finance to introduce legislation.

He will bring his memo on that to Cabinet next week. There are a number of options that need to be considered and he will bring his memo to Cabinet next week.

Is the Government now resiling on its commitment to introduce legislation?

The Cooke report was received in the Department on Friday last. I came back from America on Sunday. I have read the report and there are a number of matters that need to be redacted from it. I expect the report to be published this evening. At the Whips' meeting tomorrow, arrangements can be made to consider the report in the House next week. I say next week because Deputies will need time to read it. It is not a report that one can absorb just like that. It is technical in nature in some respects and needs to be read more than once in order to get a full understanding of its meaning. It will be published this evening and considered tomorrow, and time will be allowed next week for a debate on it. I have no objection to that.

In respect of the Seanad nominees, a voting procedure took place last week. However, in order for terms of reference to be adopted and a mandate to be given, the Government needs to have a majority on the inquiry committee. That matter is being considered by the Seanad. Clearly, the situation that pertains at the moment means that the Government does not have a majority-----