Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I refer to two matters related to the response of the Taoiseach. Does the Taoiseach agree that the imperative of the transfer of policing and justice powers from London to Belfast, which as I have already stated has been agreed and to which funding has already been committed, should not face the further obstacle of new preconditions? The proposition by the First Minister that the resolution of outstanding matters in respect of Orange Order parades should become a precondition is a wholly inappropriate and unacceptable further intrusion into what should have been a transfer that proceeded long before now and certainly before the end of this year. Does the Taoiseach agree that there should be no further obstacles placed in the way of a successful transfer of these powers? Will the Taoiseach clarify for the House if he was made aware of the content of the First Minister's correspondence during his recent engagements with the British Prime Minister or, indeed, by any other means prior to his recent meeting with both the First Minister, Mr. Peter Robinson, and the Deputy First Minister, Mr. Martin McGuinness?

I refer again to the Centre of Excellence for Autism at Middletown. The Taoiseach may not be able to provide the detail and I accept it might be the case that questions might be more appropriately addressed to the Minister for Education and Science. Nevertheless, will the Taoiseach confirm to the House that the entirety of the commitment which had been, as the Taoiseach's word had it, "paused" during 2009 has now been "unpaused"?

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