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The Government Chief Whip, Minister Paul Kehoe T.D., today announced the Legislative Programme for the Summer Parliamentary session of 2012.

Speaking after the Cabinet approved the Government’s Legislative Programme Minister Kehoe said:

"Since taking office last year the Government’s main priorities have been economic recovery and job creation, this will continue to be the case. Progress is also being made on our Programme for Government commitments across a number of areas."

"In the next Dáil term the Government will publish Bills from Finance focusing on Fiscal Responsibility, Credit Union Regulation and the European Stability Mechanism. The Department of Justice will publish legislation on a number of areas of the Criminal Justice system along with reforming the law on mental capacity, establishing a National Vetting Bureau and introducing a new system of Personal Insolvency. Legislation will also be published on areas including Forestry, the Gaeltacht, Residential Tenancies, the price and supply of medical goods."

"The Cabinet has approved an ambitious Legislative Programme for the next Dáil term but in many of these areas work is already well underway between the Departments and the drafting section of the Attorney General’s Office and I would expect to see a number of these Bills published in the next few weeks.".

"In just over a year in office 55 Bills have been published and 46 Acts of the Oireachtas passed by this Government."

"To facilitate the increased workload the number of Dáil sitting days has been increased by over 44%. There have been 127 Dáil sitting days in this Government’s first year in office compared with 88 Dáil sitting days in the previous Government’s last year in office."

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