Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

That is precisely the point I am making; it will have to be examined by the Government in due course and, as I stated, a report is due in October and we will deal with all of this seriatim and in logical fashion. As Deputy Ó Caoláin stated, it was not possible for the committee to come to a common view on it and it is obvious that the complexity of the issue is not resolved to everyone's satisfaction.

With regard to the other matter I was simply making the point that there is no issue arising. The Minister for Foreign Affairs can answer any detailed question on the logistics. Bringing factual information to the attention of the public is a constitutional imperative.

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