Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

It is not a matter I can deal with off the top of my head. The matter the Deputy referred to was that the Comptroller and Auditor General would produce a report and the Committee for Public Accounts would consider it in the normal way.

I apologise. Deputy Kenny's first question related to a referendum on the issue of Article 41. As he knows, the concentration at present has been on dealing with the report submitted in recent months by the all-party committee relating to children's rights. I will let the Deputy know whether any work has been done on the commitment in the programme for Government. These matters are usually taken very carefully and steadily.

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