Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I am aware of that but I wanted to make the point.

Have the heads of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill to give legislative effect to certain provisions of the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organised Crime which is due to be published in 2009 been discussed or agreed? The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is making some timid efforts to raise his voice in respect of the rising level of crime but he is not proceeding with the legislative programme, nor is he raising his voice sufficiently because those involved in organised crime know that they are unassailable and can continue. Will the Taoiseach tell the House whether the Cabinet has discussed the heads of the Bill and, if not, why not?

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