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Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Next year.

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Bill is coming next year.

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The middle of next year.

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The defamation Bill will come to the House early next year.

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I presume the nurses Bill is the one in question. It is being drafted. The Veterinary Practice Act was enacted in July.

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I will raise the matter with the Minister.

Written Answers — Foreign Travel: Foreign Travel (26 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on 24 January 2004. The delegation from my Department comprised five people — a press officer; my private secretary; my personal assistant; an official in my Department; and a security officer.

Written Answers — Commission of Investigation: Commission of Investigation (26 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The report of the commission of investigation has not yet been completed. It is my wish, in principle, to publish the report. When it is received, the question of publication will be dealt with in accordance with the relevant legislation.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I will not go into all the details of the plan.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I emphasise that the Ministers for Transport and Finance, the Tánaiste and I yesterday outlined how the plan was put together and the fact all of the agencies and the Department costed the plan as per their normal contracting arrangements, based on what it would cost during the next ten years.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: If one examines 19 of the last 22 projects that have come in on time and budget, they include the Border Dundalk route, the Ashbourne bypass, the Edgeworthstown relief road, the Monaghan town bypass——

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: ——the Kinnegad to Kilbeggan route, the Loughrea bypass, the Naas road upgrade——

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: ——the Fermoy to Watergrasshill road, the Mitchelstown relief road, the Bundoran to Ballyshannon bypass, the Ennis bypass, the Castleisland to Abbeyfeale road, and developments in Farranfore, Kinsale and Enniscorthy. They have all been on time and on budget. Based on the procedures operated——

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: They have all come in on time and on budget. I know the Opposition hates that.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The same estimation procedure that brought in 19 of the last 22 projects on budget has been used. Projections for where projects will come in during each of the next ten years have been made, based on the estimates of CIE, Iarnród Éireann, Dublin Bus and the NRA. All of the organisations had a full input to this.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I am trying to answer Deputy Bruton's question. Deputy Rabbitte will ask a question for the Deputy.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: After the sixth interruption may I reply to Deputy Bruton, who did not interrupt me once? Deputy Bruton asked a fair question on the detailed cost of each project. If the Department were to outline and detail all of the projects and the cost estimate that CIE and other organisations and agencies had for each project, it would make that information available commercially to everyone who...

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I refer the Deputy to the costing criteria set out yesterday by the Minister for Finance. I do not accept any of the points made by the Deputy. The national plan produced 185 km of motorway, 385 km of dual carriageway and bypasses in approximately 20 towns throughout the country. We spent €1,370 million on roads this year alone. I can outline all of the contracts if necessary. It includes...

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: ——new rail carriages for Iarnród Éireann and putting the Luas on the streets. When the Opposition had an opportunity, it announced the Luas but did not provide funding for it. To announce the Luas, put no money in the kitty and leave it for us was an intelligent plan. Its entire transport plan was approximately €250 million per year, which would never have got us to where we are.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: We invested greatly across a range of areas through the national development plan, the results of which can be seen throughout the country. It is true that items in the national development plan are not completed. Those items are included in this plan because we want to see the intercity rail routes completed. We put together a coherent plan based on the best professionalism of all the...