The Taoiseach will be aware that the price of oil has decreased dramatically in the past few months. However, the consumer, on a range of levels, has yet to receive the proportionate reduction in the price of oil or petrol and the view of the regulator appears to be that he has no role in terms of pricing. It is a serious issue that when prices increase the consumer feels it very quickly but the same does not happen when prices decrease. As I said, oil prices have decreased dramatically. When will the Road Transport Bill and Public Transport Bill come before the House?

Furthermore, rent prices across Dublin have increased, on average, by 20%, which is a substantial increase. This is having a huge impact on those who rent their homes, including many families. This extraordinary increase in rents when combined with the type of accommodation which people can access under the terms of the rent supplement scheme is having a devastating impact on low income families, leaving many in poor housing or facing eviction and homelessness. When will the landlords and tenants Bill be introduced?

Yesterday, I asked the Taoiseach about a number of pieces of legislation in the health area. Section C of the legislative programme for the spring-summer session includes 12 Bills in the health area, the status of the majority of which is, "Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage". I am speaking in this regard about the health reform Bill, which is to put in place the new structures for the health service; the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (amendment) Bill, which is to amend the functions and membership of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and the New Children's Hospital Establishment Bill, which is to establish a statutory body to provide paediatric acute services in Dublin. In all cases, the status is "Not possible to indicate at this stage". The status of the nursing home support scheme (Amendment) Bill, an important issue in terms of the Lourdes hospital redress scheme is "Publication Expected - 2015". In regard to the public health (retail licensing of tobacco products) Bill, which deals with a licensing system and other measures in relation to the sale of tobacco products and non-medicinal nicotine delivery systems, including e-cigarettes, the status is "Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage". While licensing of any new drug goes through a lengthy process in terms of FDA, Irish Medicines Board and European Medicines Agency approval and new foods are regulated by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, e-cigarettes-----

The Deputy cannot debate that issue now as we are a little short on time.

-----have been made available to the consumer without, it seems to me, any quality vetting. The public health (retail licensing of tobacco products) Bill is listed No. 106 in the legislative programme.

Are the e-cigarettes any good?

I do not know. They may or may not be but the point is that a range of products have to go through extraordinary leaps and hurdles to get licensed but they do not.

It might be due to the influence of certain people. When is the Bill expected? Will the Taoiseach give me a timeline for the other Bills to which I have referred? Is it the case that none of them will see the light of the day during the lifetime of the Government?

For the information of the House, today the Government made an historic decision in approving the wording of the thirty-fourth amendment to the Constitution Bill which will allow the people to decide the question of equality of marriage which, in turn, will allow for the right of two people to marry, irrespective of their sexual orientation. This is the first time a people’s constitutional convention has made a recommendation that has been accepted by a Government. Once the Bill passes through the House, the issue will be put to the people for their decision. In that sense, it is an historic day.

The Deputy raised the issue of energy prices and the energy regulator. I am glad that the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Alex White, will meet the energy companies. He will support the opportunity for energy companies to pass on the reduction in the cost of oil and so forth to consumers. The regulator has also spoken about this.

The road transport Bill will be published in the second half of the year.

I do not have a date for publication of the landlord and tenant Bill. The question of rent caps will be dealt with when the supply of housing is adequate to meet demand. That is why the Government has prioritised not only putting up money for but also incentivising opportunities to get the construction sector going. Deputy Micheál Martin can shake his head, but that is a fact.

I am shaking my head because the people continue to suffer.

The Deputy referred to several health Bills. The Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar, is working on a range of them. The priority is to have the doctor visit card legislation agreed to and get it through. This will require much consultation. I will get the Minister and the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy on the Bills to which he referred as to their state of preparation.