Legal aid, bail and knowledge box Bills
Bernard Durkan seeks timings for the criminal legal aid, bail and knowledge development box Bills; the Taoiseach gives expected timings for the first two and promises an update on the knowledge box.
The criminal legal aid Bill is promised legislation. May I ask the Taoiseach whether the heads have been cleared and when it is scheduled to come before the House?
Similarly, the bail Bill is also promised legislation. Has that been cleared to come before the House and, if so, when is it likely to come before us?
The knowledge development box also comes under promised legislation and has implications concerning corporation profits tax. When is that Bill likely to come before the House?
Comment on this
The heads of the criminal legal aid Bill are expected in September, and the bail Bill will be in this session. I have referred to the question of the knowledge box at 6.25% and I will advise the House, including Deputy Micheál Martin and Deputy Durkan, of the progress being made on that.