Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

On the final question, in the normal course, I never get a report on cases the DPP takes against individuals. I am not advised by the DPP or the Attorney General. The Attorney General has regular communications with the Director of Public Prosecutions on various issues under the 1994 Act. For convenience purposes in many cases they use the same team, as they did in this case. That is a regular occurrence.

Regarding whether the Attorney General is advised on operations, I understand in many of these cases the DPP takes the lead and the DPP staff and the Attorney General staff co-operate. It is not the norm that I receive reports because at any time hundreds of cases are going through the process. I will ask whether a process on these cases can be outlined because they were the subject of considerable controversy.

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