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Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: It is always unfortunate that Opposition Members make comments on a report before they see or study it.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: On many occasions we are great about talking about justice and it being seen to be done——

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: ——and then Members are prepared to say that a report that they have not seen or read——

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I have had a chance of going through the report.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I could be totally political about this.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I could also quote references. A circular went out this morning with an instruction to come in and heckle the Taoiseach, but the public get used to that.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I could make political points and quote references made by many previous Ministers of Health if I was to be political, but that is not the issue.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: This is a report dealing with important issues. We all know the basis of this decision did not have legal status. That is what happened. In 1976 when there was a High Court case we should have provided a legislative base. The then Minister for Health and the then Secretary General of the Department made a decision at that stage and produced circular 7 of 1976 and subsequently down through the...

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: There is no point in making political points about the people in positions in 1976 who have long since left office and everybody else who has been in positions since then.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: What we are trying to do——

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Will the Members opposite listen? It is a case of the old rant.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: A few Members who are hardly ever here have been sent in this morning with an instruction to keep interrupting the Taoiseach. People who never read a report——

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: ——and who do not care what it is about-——

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: If they were asked what we are talking about they would not know.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: We are publishing the report shortly.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: We will deal with the issue. We already dealt with the legislation yesterday. We will have to pay back a considerable amount of money to people because we had not got a legal basis. There are lessons to learn.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: We will also have to check other regulations and we will do all that. For Members to come in and simply jump up and quibble about things is not necessary.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I hope when we debate this issue that some of these Members will say something constructive.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: There are a number of brief points to be made. I have answered questions on this issue.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: In fairness to Deputy Kenny, since the House resumed after the summer recess, he probably raised this matter ten times, and I have answered questions fully on it, although obviously I did not have all the information at that stage and some of the information I had has been proved to be incorrect. I readily acknowledge that. I also answered Leaders' Questions on this matter yesterday from the...