Not everything is for free but people are entitled to certain rights and they should not have to pay for them. These include water and health.

Following what Deputy Martin said, I wish to mention four pieces of legislation that were also in the programme for Government, which in some cases the Government has failed to even publish. The programme for Government committed to incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities into domestic law.

The Bill in question is the disability/quality (miscellaneous provisions) Bill which has not even been published. It certainly will not be passed before tomorrow.

Another commitment in the programme for Government related to adoption. The Bill in question is the Adoption (Tracing And Information) Bill. It was first due for publication in 2013. Last July, the Government finally approved the publication of the general scheme and heads of the Bill. Again, it has failed to make it on to the priority list and will not be passed before this Dáil ends.

The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill, to protect children and vulnerable citizens against sexual exploitation and abuse, as well as making it a criminal offence for those who try to buy sexual services, has been introduced and was due to be debated in the Dáil this week. The likelihood of it progressing through all Stages before the Dáil completes this term is slim to none.

The health and wellbeing (calorie posting and workplace wellbeing) Bill was another priority. The Taoiseach may be aware of the HSE's cancer control programme that one person a day dies from a cancer attributable to obesity. This legislation was to help address that issue but again, it has not even been published.

Will the Taoiseach explain why priorities in the programme for Government have not even reached the stage of publication?

The sexual offences Bill has already been dealt with in the Seanad and has been introduced here. I thought it might have been possible to deal with it in its entirety last week, if all the parties could have agreed. However, they were not able to agree because of some amendments coming from the Independent benches.

It was not prioritised last week.

It is not going to see its way through now.

There are two adoption Bills which are both on the A list. Work is proceeding with these. The Workplace Relations Bill has already been enacted.

In October 2015, the Government published a roadmap for Ireland's ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It detailed the legislative changes to be undertaken to enable Ireland to ratify the convention, along with the estimated timeframe involved and a clear line for ratification by the end of 2016. The Government approved the drafting of the equality/disability (miscellaneous provisions) Bill to make a range of miscellaneous amendments to statute law necessary to enable ratification. Work on the general scheme of this is under way.

The recently published employment strategy for people with disabilities, phase 2 of a three-phase consultation process, will lead to the adoption of a new disability inclusion strategy. There is a substantial legislative agenda across several Departments to get through, as set out in the roadmap, and much work to be done to prepare a new inclusion strategy that will have a real impact. The Government is committed to seeing that happens.

It was meant to have been prioritised five years ago.

Civil society groups and stakeholders are also keen to see the convention ratified. The Minister set out the process by which this could be achieved. We do it differently to other countries.

The Minister only set that out last year. This was promised five years ago.

Legislation involved includes the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill, the Juries Act 1976, the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 and Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006. In the mental health legislative area, there is the Mental Health Acts 2001 and 2008, issues about deprivation of liberty, the Electoral Act 1992 and the Companies Act 2014. The Bill in question will address the constitutional issue regarding reasonable accommodation. These are all elements which need to be put in place before the convention can be ratified.

What about the health and wellbeing (calorie posting and workplace wellbeing) Bill?

On a point of order, has the Labour Party returned from Mullingar? I am worried about it because none of its Members are present in the Chamber now.

That is not a point of order. The Deputy should not be play-acting.

Deputy Martin should be worried about his own crowd.

Deputy Joe Higgins is leader of his party and is probably standing on the Order of Business for the last time. I want quietness and attention for him.

I also wish him every success in his retirement.