Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The Minerals Development Bill is to be published in 2006. The Bord Gáis Éireann Bill, which has 50 heads to restructure Bord Gáis Éireann, is being worked on currently. I hope to publish the Bill in 2006. The 172 heads of the electricity Bill, which has heads to convert the ESB into a plc under the Companies Act and consolidate existing electricity, have been approved by Government. A number of the heads approved are being revised for technical and administrative reasons. The Bill is due in the middle of next year. The heads of the national oil reserves agency Bill have been approved and the Bill is due early in the new year.

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