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Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: It shows the huge success of the tunnel in only a few months that as soon as there was a delay everything happened. I was waiting since Christmas to see what day would the Opposition stand up, but it had to wait, because it is a huge success, another massive part of the planning infrastructure of the Government.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: Because a van ran into a truck, the only thing the Opposition can raise in the national Parliament is that a van ran into a truck.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: That is Deputy Rabbitte's view.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Government's view is that we wanted to build a modern prison that had all the facilities unlike some of our prisons that have deplorable facilities and bad sanitary facilities, which have been highlighted in the yearly reports from the prison inspectorate. We wanted to build a state-of-the-art prison on a large site that could accommodate a large prison, with all the ancillary...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has given full documents and details to the Comptroller and Auditor General and I will not go into that debate here. I should have said to Deputy Rabbitte that the evaluation has been completed and I understand the preferred bidder will be announced by Easter. We required a modern, stand alone large prison on a secure site that...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: That was the priority of Government.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: It is the same old story with the Opposition. They criticise existing facilities but we are trying to improve the lot of unfortunate people in society who require proper facilities when they are incarcerated. That is a fair approach.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The issues of planning, design and all of those matters will be resolved as is always the case. To continue having prisons in confined sites is not a good idea.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: In sites like the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum——

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: ——and Mountjoy. I am talking about sites that are ancient and where it is not possible to turn them into modern facilities for people.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I am surprised at the members of the Labour Party. If my colleague, Deputy Joe Costello, who is the leader of the prisoners' rights organisation, were here he would be appalled to hear the Labour Party Members opposing prisons.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: In fairness to him he has been consistent. He always wanted them all out, but I want to put them in good facilities.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: It is unreasonable of the Labour Party not to want to provide proper facilities.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I want to put them into decent facilities and not do what Deputy Costello wanted or what the Labour Party is calling for now, which is to keep them in facilities that are 150 or 200 years old.

Written Answers — Dublin-Monaghan Bombings: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (20 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I received the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings of 1974 from the Sole Member Mr Patrick MacEntee, SC QC on 12 March. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr MacEntee and his team for all their work in the preparation of this Report. By law, I am now required to consider certain legal issues prior to publication. I have requested...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (20 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I have made no public appointments in the past two months.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The amounts paid by my Department in 2006 for car mileage, rail and bus ticket expenses are as shown in the table. Expense Total Amount paid in 2006 â'¬ Car Mileage Expenses 95,366 Rail Ticket Expenses 11,107 Bus Ticket Expenses 2,119 These amounts include car mileage and rail ticket expenses paid to delegates of the National Forum on Europe, the Taskforce on Active Citizenship and...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The total cost of energy supplies to my Department was €106,862.16 in 2002 and €174,316.99 in 2006. Electricity and gas supplies to Government Buildings/Leinster House are metered through the Houses of the Oireachtas. The actual quantity of energy consumed by my Department is unavailable, as the supply is not separately metered. My Department has introduced a number of measures following...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (20 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the Tables. Department of the Taoiseach: Departmental staff at all grades Grade No. of Staff Male Female Secretary General 1 1 0 Second Secretary 1 1 0 Assistant Secretary (A/Sec) 4 3 1 Principal Officer (PO) 14 11 3 Assistant Principal (AP) 31 11 20 Higher Executive Officer (HEO) 27 8 19 Administrative Officer (AO) 13 7 6...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (20 Mar 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Department of the Taoiseach has no Directives awaiting transposition. My Department does however have a role in monitoring the transposition of EU Directives. Minister of State Noel Treacy chairs an Interdepartmental Coordinating Committee on European Union Affairs. The Committee keeps under review, and works to ensure coherence on, the full range of issues on the EU's agenda. The...