Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

——had not been made. Why is that the case? When will the commencement order be made?

I also have a question regarding a promise made on legislation necessary to implement the State's commitment under the St. Andrews Agreement. There appears to be a lacuna in the legislation. The British-Irish Agreement of 1999, as the Taoiseach will know, made provision for North-South bodies and envisaged that there would be relevant legislation regarding parliamentary accountability of such bodies, North and South. It seems we have not introduced such legislation here, although it may well be that the Taoiseach can draw my attention to where I am wrong in this regard. It appears that in the matter of the supervision of the North-South bodies we were required to introduce such legislation and have not done so. Under the Agreement we would be required to do so before the devolution of powers is complete next Monday if, as I hope, powers are devolved. Can the Taoiseach reassure me on that point?

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