Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Second Stage of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill is to be completed next week and it will go on to Committee Stage during the whole of January. It can be debated in the select committee during the Dáil recess in January, which I understood was agreed.

The draft report of Advantica will be published on Thursday and will be made available to local people. I will arrange to make it available to Deputy Kenny.

I join Deputy Kenny in expressing our sympathy to the wife, Nuala, and family of Tim Kennelly who I have only just heard has died. He was a great personal friend of Deputy Deenihan and they played together in the great side that won four All-Ireland championships in a row and almost won five.

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