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Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: In fairness to Deputy Allen, I have never known him to be a person who has succumbed to strangulation in any of the activities in which he has been engaged in any committees of this House.

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: His ability to widen his shoulders and pull up his sleeves is well-known to everybody, even-----

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: It is not a matter I can deal with off the top of my head. The matter the Deputy referred to was that the Comptroller and Auditor General would produce a report and the Committee for Public Accounts would consider it in the normal way. I apologise. Deputy Kenny's first question related to a referendum on the issue of Article 41. As he knows, the concentration at present has been on dealing...

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: Having made the Government decision and having announced it last week work will now proceed in engaging with the European Commission and within that Department and the Department of Finance, to get the necessary financial advice as to how to proceed with the various decisions that have been taken. The Deputy can take it that this work can begin now, based on the Government's decision.

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: I understand the Central Bank (No. 2) Bill is due before the end of this year. The Minister has indicated that will deal with other matters over and above what has been dealt with in the Bill before the Oireachtas.

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: The management company issue was finalised in the Seanad yesterday and can come back to the House in due course. The Deputy may speak to the Whips about when that can be achieved, as it is an important issue for the House to consider. On the banking inquiry, the Minister for Finance will bring the reports that come to hand this week to Government next week for its consideration. Following...

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: There is.

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: It is an important issue, as Deputy Bruton knows. Legislation is being prepared and will be brought to the House in the next session. We hope to have that legislation before the end of the year. With regard to Deputy Costello's comments, I thank him for referring to the speech I made in UCD, which set out the idea of commemoration over the next decade. Given the amount of legislation we...

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: I understand it is to be published this session.

Constitutional Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together. The Attorney General has informed me that all of the recommendations of the Sullivan report have been fully implemented.

Constitutional Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: The recommendations in the Sullivan report relate to the internal workings of the office itself and were designed to ensure that matters of a sensitive nature would be brought to the urgent attention of the Attorney General. All of those recommendations are being implemented. On the other matters to which the Deputy refers, I have outlined to the House on a number of occasions the position...

Constitutional Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: The recommendations in the Sullivan report make no reference whatever to a constitutional referendum on children's rights. Instead, they relate to risk assessment procedures, the co-ordination and allocation role of the advisory counsel, management of the office and information technology. There is no reference whatsoever to the referendum on children's rights in the Sullivan report. I...

Constitutional Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: With respect, the questions relate to-----

Constitutional Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: These questions ask me to report on the implementation of the Sullivan report. That report made specific recommendations in the areas set out in the report. The reply, as I am informed by the Attorney's General's office, is that all the recommendations of the report have been fully implemented. All of the supplementary information I will have in regard to this matter relates to the...

Constitutional Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: Putting down a specific question will elicit the answers.

Constitutional Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: The review conducted by Mr. Eddie Sullivan, former Secretary General in the public service section of the Department Finance, arose in the context of an information and notification deficit that occurred in the Attorney General's office over the handling of a particular judicial review case known as the CC case. The case was first notified to the Attorney General's office in November 2002 by...

Constitutional Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: The issue arose when the importance and sensitive nature of the case was not brought in a timely fashion to the attention of the Attorney General. Therefore, the question that arises is not in regard to the merits of the advices subsequently provided by the Attorney General or advisory counsel but in regard to the timeliness in this regard based on the fact that the system did not respond in...

Departmental Records (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive, together. I am satisfied that there are satisfactory procedures and facilities in place in my Department for the preservation and archiving of all records, whether in electronic or paper form or otherwise. My Department complies with the requirements of the National Archives Act 1986 which stipulates that all official records, regardless of...

Departmental Records (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: As I said in my primary reply, we are in compliance with the Act, which, as the Deputy knows, is about preserving records for storage and subsequent release within the provisions of the Act. The Department is complying with that, according to my information. The Department uses standard well-documented formats, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, PDF and Lotus Notes for electronic...

Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Cowen: My Department has 7 websites. SITE ANNUAL SUPPORT &MAINTENANCE CHARGES www.taoiseach.gov.ie €1,815.00 www.onegov.ie(formerly www.bettergov.ie) €1,815.00 www.betterregulation.ie €1,815.00 www.orp.ie €1,815.00 www.activecitizenship.ie €1,815.00 www.inp.ie NIL *www.forumoneurope.ie NIL *The www.forumoneurope.ie website is no longer active but will continue to be available as...