I raise three Bills, two of which are related to the Minister's own brief. A communications regulation Bill is promised to facilitate the introduction of a postal codes service and the Minister might tell us what its status is. The Minister's predecessor promised - perhaps I should say threatened - a broadcasting (amendment) Bill to provide for the introduction of a broadcasting charge, which is something that has horrified people across the country. What is happening on that legislation and what is the timescale for its introduction?

On the issue of the promised gambling control Bill, we hear a great deal, quite rightly, about the problems of alcohol abuse in this country, but bubbling away beneath the surface is a very serious problem with gambling. Certainly, there is a need for legislation in that particular area. When will it be brought before the House?

I expect to bring forward the legislation on Eircode in the coming weeks. No date is set for any particular Bill on broadcasting to be brought before the House in the immediate period. I remind the Deputy that my predecessor and the programme for Government did not propose to introduce a new burden on any individual but in fact to replace the television licence fee with a new broadcasting service charge. There was no proposal for a new financial burden on anyone.

The proposal is one of the issues I am dealing with in a broader memo to the Government in the coming weeks setting out my thinking on the funding of public service broadcasting and related matters. If legislation arises from it, as it probably will, it will not be published until the latter half of the year. No date has been set for the publication of the gambling control Bill.