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Official Engagements. (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: Deputy Rabbitte should mix with the proletariat.

Official Engagements. (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: There were a few of the Deputy's foreign compatriots there too.

Official Engagements. (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: Compare this Government's record to that of Governments in which the Labour Party participated.

Official Engagements. (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: We trebled it in seven years.

Northern Ireland: Statements. (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy should return to his research.

Northern Ireland: Statements. (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy is being selective.

Northern Ireland: Statements. (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: An abomination.

Northern Ireland: Statements. (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: I am prepared to share time with Deputy O'Donnell if that is acceptable.

Northern Ireland: Statements. (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: The confirmation this week by the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning that the IRA has put all its weapons beyond use has been acknowledged in this House as a momentous development, which it is. We have always said that decommissioning had to be complete and credible. On Monday we got that unambiguous statement from General de Chastelain when he said that "the totality of...

Northern Ireland: Statements. (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: I ask Members to give me some more time.

Northern Ireland: Statements. (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: We are elected to exercise responsibility on behalf of the communities we serve and we are directly accountable for the decisions we take. Our democratic institutions have been challenged by those who pursued their political objectives through violence and the gun. They have faced down that challenge and emerged stronger. We are right to take pride in this. Our main objective is the...

Northern Ireland: Statements. (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: I want to make this point because he did question it.

Northern Ireland: Statements. (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: What is seen publicly is only a tiny element of the entire process——

Northern Ireland: Statements. (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: ——of risks being taken. We would not be where we are today but for the leadership of the man on my right-hand side, the Taoiseach. Last week, I visited Antrim and Belfast to meet some of those directly affected by sectarian attacks and street violence this summer. These people and many like them are under pressure as they have not been for many years past. I assured them of my own and the...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: Ireland ratified the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, CAT, on 11 April 2002 and it entered into force for Ireland on 11 May 2002. At the time of ratification, Ireland made declarations recognising the competence of the Committee against Torture set up pursuant to the provisions of the convention to receive and consider communications...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: My Department has raised this issue with the Canadian Government. I understand that negotiations between the Canadian Government and the Lubicon Lake Cree Indians have not yet resulted in a satisfactory outcome and that the Canadian Government will be appearing before the United Nations Human Rights Committee in November 2005 in order to comment on the situation. As we have indicated to the...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: The following is a list of companies and organisations which, since 2001, have entered into contractual arrangements over €100,000 in value with the Department of Foreign Affairs. Company ( A — G) Company (H — W) Alan Dunlop Limited Harvey Printers Limited Amas Limited HH Nielson Anett Stai Hibernia Alantic Animo Television HK Project Services GmbH...

Written Answers — Official Terms: Official Terms (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: The British Isles is not an officially recognised term in any legal or inter-governmental sense. It is without any official status. The Government, including the Department of Foreign Affairs, does not use this term. Our officials in the Embassy of Ireland, London, continue to monitor the media in Britain for any abuse of the official terms as set out in the Constitution of Ireland and in...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 594 and 614 together. The Government is extremely concerned at the situation in north Antrim, where Nationalist residents have been subject to intimidatory attacks during the summer, particularly in Ballymena, Ahoghill, Cloughmills and Martinstown. Officials from my Department visited the areas affected during the summer months to meet local residents who had...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (28 Sep 2005)

Dermot Ahern: The Government has discussed the ongoing criminal activities of loyalist paramilitary groups with the British authorities, including the murders that were carried out over the summer months between rival loyalist factions. The British Government has given assurances that the investigation and prevention of such crimes is a priority for the PSNI, who have continued to vigorously pursue those...