Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I presume the Deputy is talking about the North-South consultative forum. I will certainly consider that. I do not know how much work has been done but I will check to see if that could be done. I have no objections. As I said before, the fact this Bill has not been passed is not a huge difficulty but it is important in the long term in that it relates to people's pension rights and other issues. I would like the Bill to be passed, although I accept it is not an urgent matter. Perhaps I will consider that to see if it can be done. If it can be done, I would have no problem with it.

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