I want to know when the child care (amendment) Bill will be brought before the House. It seems that we have to decode the budget statements of the Minister, Deputy Howlin, in order to get any clarity.

My third point relates to the care of older people in community care. Five years ago, the programme for Government contained a clear commitment that "additional funding will be provided each year for the care of older people". When one examines this Government's budgets, one finds that it has not fulfilled that promise. Funding for older people's services was reduced in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

The Deputy has spoken for four minutes without asking about legislation.

I have asked about legislation. There were social care plan reductions in 2014. Contrary to the commitment made in the programme for Government, additional funding has not been provided each year for older people's services. In fact, there have been reductions. When will the programme for Government be implemented?

The answer to the Deputy's first question is "Yes". I have already given an instruction to the Whip. We will have a debate on both reports the week after next when the Dáil comes back. The child care Bill mentioned by the Deputy was published yesterday as a Seanad Bill. The Minister will be in the Seanad today or tomorrow to deal with that. Obviously, a range of opportunities in respect of older people was referred to in the budget. I will come back to Deputy Martin on the specific question he raised.