Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The Money Advice and Budgeting Service Bill was published almost five years ago, in the early part of 2002. It is the view of the Minister and the Department that the structures to improve this legislation are considerably different from those of five years ago and it would be possible to introduce a far better Bill. The Title will be the same but the Bill will have been comprehensively revised and the Minister will bring the relevant procedures before the Department.

The Whip is telling me that the reason for the change next week is that there is a committee meeting on the Judge Curtin case, in which the spokespersons are involved. I welcome what the Deputy said about the Barron report. We agreed that report would go to the committee. I commend both Mr. Justice Barron and the committee, which is just coming to the end of its fourth report on this issue. For all those who were very concerned about the issue, not just the families and relatives of the victims affected in the various Troubles, an enormous amount of work, research and detail has been involved. Sometimes people ask whether there will be a tribunal or investigation into this. Mr. Justice Barron has uncovered a significant amount of the relevant information and facts.

This is a matter for the committee, but when it finishes the fourth report shortly, it will consider publishing an omnibus edition of the four reports. On foot of this the Government is committed to taking the relevant action. I would certainly welcome highlighting of the Barron investigation. I am certain that the families and victims who were asked to participate in the process are aware of the amount of work that has been done. It would be a good idea to discuss the omnibus report from the committee.

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