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Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: If Dublin had not been playing, I would have been there to support Westport United.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: My priorities are right.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I cannot do that under legislation, obviously. The proposed alcohol products (control of advertising, sponsorship and marketing practices/sales promotions) Bill will be published later this year.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: As long as it is not on the pitch, anyway——

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I have already spoken about the electricity Bill. The energy (miscellaneous provisions) Bill will be published in this session.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The other one is this session.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: It will be introduced in the autumn session.

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The information sought by the Deputy relating to reports published in my Department since June 1997 is detailed in the following schedule. Name of report Cost of report Date of publication Length of time to prepare report IMS "Survey of Civil Service Customers" Fixed price contract for consultancy and publication costs €11,369 (IR£8,954) July 1997 Three months ...

Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1, 2 and 3 together. The Cabinet committee on social inclusion last met on 27 April 2005. The next meeting of the committee is scheduled for tomorrow, 29 June.

Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The answer to the question is yes, the committee is addressing that issue.

Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The committee meets on a monthly basis. I do not know if this is helpful to Deputies, but if direct questions are posed about any of these issues, the Ministers who report to the committee would be only too glad to answer them. When I was on the other side of the House and Deputy Rabbitte was on this side, he used to take part of the time allocated to Taoiseach's questions to answer these...

Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I could do so too because I attend the committee meetings, but that is not the point. Procedurally that is how it should be operated.

Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: There has been no change. It can still be done and there is no problem in doing so.

Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Minister of State is responsible for all actions in the drugs area. He is also responsible for housing because in many of these areas there is a cross-link between the difficulties and problems. Research shows that these areas——

Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The health aspect is different, being concerned with treatment centres. I do not think it would be a good idea for the Minister of State to take on the additional responsibility of the health aspect.

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 4 to 15, inclusive, together. I met Dr. Paisley and senior representatives of the DUP on 15 June in the Irish Embassy in London. The meeting was the first chance to meet the DUP since its success in the UK elections. We had a good, comprehensive discussion about the current political situation. The DUP knows that the Good Friday Agreement is the centrepiece of...

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: On the Deputy's first question on the date we expect to hear a response, frankly, I do not know the answer. The two Governments expect to hear a response over the summer. We expect to hear one in the weeks immediately ahead prior to the holiday break in August. That is what we believe, although we do not have any definite information. As I said previously, if that is not adhered to, I will...

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I agree with Deputy Rabbitte on the first point. Nobody is suggesting that anybody is giving recognition. However, the reality must be acknowledged, as well. We are trying to end paramilitary activity and criminality and complete decommissioning. We do not want to embark on the next round of trying to end something that is clearly impossible to finish. This does not mean, however, that these...

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I raised that case time and again. I met Billy Wright's father and I always played my part in the case. With regard to the case of Mr. Kelly, we knew, from our people, that he was involved in the marching season last year when he was quite helpful in de-escalating trouble on the streets. The British side says it has information that he had broken his licence. We cannot make a judgment on that...

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: There is no new information on the disappeared but we continue to engage with any information there is. Sites that have not been checked previously are always kept under review. If the information is sufficiently detailed and specific enough to do something, it is checked. On the number of volunteers, I do not have any real oversight of this. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform...