Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I thank Deputy Rabbitte for his acknowledgement of my role, which I appreciate.

On policing, I do not believe anything will happen prior to 8 May other than that discussions will take place. The board will have to be reconstituted and I assume that will coincide with 8 May or it will be after it. I do not think it will be reconstituted before that. That will be a call for the Secretary of State but with the ongoing discussions and negotiations, they will probably be done together. There was no particular endorsement of how it would be done other than that there would be co-operation.

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