Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

At a cost of €665, most of the third annual progress report provides a factual assessment of what progress has been made in the life of the Government through decisions based on the programme for Government, as well as giving an account of where such projects currently stand. I would have thought it was useful to provide an annual update for the Houses of the Oireachtas, the media and others who follow the affairs of this House. It is a guide to where things stand. It does not purport to be any more than a report but that is useful. We have had it for the past eight or nine years and it makes the House and Government more accountable by reporting what was said would be done and what was done.

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