Each year, the independent rapporteur on child protection launches a report and provides it to the Government. My understanding is that the report is provided to the relevant Minister in January. It is now almost the end of September, but we are still waiting for the publication before the Houses of the 2013 report. When will the report be put before the Houses and when will Members of the Dáil and Seanad have an opportunity to discuss its contents?

My second question is on the health service amendment legislation with particular reference to the early-access programme for patients suffering with hepatitis C. There are new direct-acting anti-viral drugs which will sustain patients who are contaminated through no fault of their own with hepatitis C. Ours is one of the few countries in Europe which is not providing these drugs to patients. When will we have an opportunity to have the legislation brought before the House so the Minister can direct the HSE to provide these drugs to critically ill patients?

I will have to make inquiries on the rapporteur's report. If the Deputy cares to take the matter up with his own and the Government Whip, we might get a date on that. I do not have the information to hand on it.

It is the Minister who has to put it before the House.

The appropriate approach is for the Deputy to ask his own Whip to take it up at the Whips' meeting.

I do not have a firm date for the legislation associated with hepatitis C, but I can come back to the Deputy on it.