Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

On the first matter raised by the Deputy, there are nine Bills in committees and we are committed to publishing 17 Bills this session. Admittedly, at the moment a number of those Bills are caught up in committee so it will take a week or so before there is further legislation. A number of Bills are coming through, however. There is no intention that the Tribunals of Inquiry Bill applies to the current tribunals. They have all recently indicated their completion timescales to the Government. The Tribunals of Inquiry Bill, which is based on what the Law Reform Commission stated and outlined, will be for future tribunals. It is not likely that the Bill will be completed until next summer anyway so it will not affect the other issues.

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