Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 to 13, inclusive, together.

The National Economic and Social Council has completed its study entitled A Developmental Welfare State, which was published on 19 May. The council completed its report, Housing in Ireland: Performance and Policy, in December 2004 and will complete a report on the Lisbon Agenda in the coming months, focusing on the open method of co-ordination. It will also undertake its three-yearly strategic overview of Irish economic and social policy, paving the way to negotiations on a successor to Sustaining Progress. Other studies in the council work programme include migration policy, child poverty and child income supports, Ireland's first periodic social report, the taxation system in the medium term, competition regulation in the network sectors and a report on innovation foresight.

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