Government Plans 17 Legislative Bills In New Dáil Session

"17 bills are expected to be published this session including the Student Support Bill, Health (Long term Residential Care Services) Bill, Dublin Transport Authority Bill and the Irish Sports Council (Amendment) Bill," said Government Chief Whip Tom Kitt, T.D.

"We will also be publishing the Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill (Reform Treaty) to enable the State to ratify the Reform Treaty, signed in Lisbon on 13th December 2007."

"We enacted a lot of legislation in the last Dáil, managing the programme strategically to ensure all our goals were met, thus enabling us to enter the 30th Dáil without a pre-existing raft of legislation. In fact, in the 29th Dáil, we enacted 209 bills. Since this Government came to office on 14th June 2007, 12 bills have been enacted."