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Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The officials said at that meeting——

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I am certainly not trying to rise any heat or to dodge any issue. As I have said, at the conclusion of that meeting the Department had conflicting advice and decided to seek legal advice. That is the only point I will make about the matter. Can I conclude by reminding Deputy Rabbitte of something? I do not want to get into an argument about the matter. I agree that there should be a debate on...

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Can I have 30 seconds to speak about the matter? I am going to the United States next Tuesday morning. I will be there until Friday. I will work about 19 hours each day.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Yes, I agree. I will be back on Friday, 18 March. I will not stay in the US for an undue length of time. There is a European Council meeting the following week.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I resent Deputy Rabbitte's insinuation that I am going to Butlins on my holidays.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: In fairness——

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I am not trying to dodge anything.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: It is a health issue.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I would not front such a debate. I will be here — I will be around — but I will not front such a debate.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I accept what Deputy Rabbitte has said. I do not think we do ourselves any good by giving the impression that my colleagues and I are taking a holiday.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: None of us is doing that. I do not think we should get into that. It is not very wise.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I acknowledge the difficulties faced by the family. I know it has an extraordinarily complex family situation with which to deal. I am aware of the case. It was discussed by my colleagues yesterday at the Cabinet meeting and I have been briefed on the issues. The Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, in conjunction with the Health Service Executive, has been fully aware of and...

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I cannot give Deputy Ó Caoláin the exact date of completion. The original date was to be in the autumn of 2006 and those concerned are working towards that. The Deputy is obviously familiar with the Middletown Centre for Autism. There are a number of key facilities to be provided in the centre. There is to be a residential learning support service, which means the whole issue must be dealt...

Departmental Expenditure. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, together. The total expenditure of my Department in 2004 was €29,172,288, compared with a total Estimate provision of €37.5 million.

Departmental Expenditure. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I answered questions on this matter last week. First, on the financial issue, expenditure of the tribunal in 2004 amounted to €3.6 million. I gave the full figures last week. In 2004 this subhead included a provision to meet the payment of legal costs arising from the award of costs to parties appearing before the tribunal, should its work be completed during the year. As the tribunal was...

Departmental Expenditure. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The task force on citizenship was one of the issues with which my Department dealt by co-ordinating the activity of various groups on the issues of citizenship. This fed into the social partnership model and into a wider model where detailed work was undertaken. I do not have a detailed briefing note on this but work has been ongoing in the Department with a broad spectrum of bodies and...

Departmental Expenditure. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I will get that.

Departmental Expenditure. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: It would take me a while to do the mathematics.

Departmental Expenditure. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I answered a written question on that recently. I do not think Mr. Flynn received any remuneration from my Department. He was chairman of the Government's decentralisation committee but that is not considered as consultancy work. The expenditure on consultancy was €153,122 which was mainly on the employee opinion survey and professional services for a report on comparative international...

Departmental Expenditure. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: A total of €1.032 million was provided for the National Economic and Social Development Office under subhead M of the Department's Vote. This office comprises the National Economic and Social Council and the National Economic and Social Forum to which the Deputy has referred. The primary role of these bodies is to facilitate and promote complementary programmes of research, analysis and...