Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I take Deputy Barrett's point. Approximately three or four years ago, the then Attorney General started a mandatory process entailing the notification on a regular basis of any significant case within any Department or being processed by any Department of the Office of the Attorney General so that office can track it. I do not know what is the benchmark figure. This pertains not to every case but to every significant case. I understand there is an obligation to report such cases to the Attorney General a few times a year. Such a process was not in place and the then Attorney General started it, maybe not as a result of the case to which Deputy Barrett referred, but similar cases of which the Attorney General's office was not aware. However, that process is now in place and the only aspect about which I am unsure is the benchmark figure.

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