I have questions on two promised Bills. High-risk sex offenders are roaming the country and gardaí are trying to monitor them with two hands tied behind their backs. At the same time, 60 electronic tags, for which the State is paying more than €100,000 per annum, are sitting in a cardboard box and cannot be used because we are waiting for the criminal law (sexual offences) Bill. When will this legislation be published? The Taoiseach promised me it would be published soon after Easter. The delay is exposing women and children to unnecessary risk. What is the reason for it?

The decision 16 months ago to suspend the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance schemes left people with a disability marooned in their homes as they wait for an alternative scheme to be introduced. The new scheme was promised under the health (transport support) Bill last September, again in the new year and subsequently at Easter. It is now summer. When will the House have sight of this Bill? Will it be given priority by the Government?

The health (transport support) Bill is important legislation which is likely to be forthcoming later this year. The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, is working hard to ensure it is introduced.

In respect of the criminal law (sexual offences) Bill, which is also critically important, work is well advanced on the legislation and it is expected and intended to bring it before the House in this session.