Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The judicial council Bill is due in 2006. The draft heads are being prepared in the Department, taking into account work completed by the constitution review group, the Joint Committee on the Constitution, and the Chief Justice's committee on judicial ethics. On Part 3 of the nitrates regulations, the EU (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2005, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, has announced that there will a short deferral to deal with nutrient management.

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