Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

A Cheann Comhairle, as the questions relate to the National Archives Act, I do not have any supplementary material on issues other than that. That said, the bomb that went off in Newry must be condemned out of hand. The security co-operation between the Garda and the PSNI is at an all-time high. I met with both the PSNI Chief Constable and the Garda Commissioner only yesterday at an aside meeting of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly plenary session. They both reported on the level of co-operation, which I know from both of them directly is regarded as being at an optimum.

I do not have supplementary information on the other matter raised but the Minister for Foreign Affairs has made the Government's position clear on it.

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