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Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (4 Jul 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I do not have the details of the reports, from the Hamilton report right through to the Barron reports. I gave the figures quite recently. I will make them available again to Deputy Sargent as we come to the end of the process for the period. To date, the costs of the MacEntee commission are €1.27 million. That breaks down as €786,000 on legal costs, €175,000 on the costs of support...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (4 Jul 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I have received no formal request for another extension but it is the view of my officials dealing with this area that I am likely to receive one, although not for long and merely to complete the work of the report. As I understand it, Mr. MacEntee SC wants to end, before his holidays, this task that he kindly undertook. If I do not get it by the end of July, I expect that we should get it...

Written Answers — State Funerals: State Funerals (4 Jul 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The arrangements for the State Funeral of former Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey were in line with those for State Funerals generally. Costs arise broadly in four main areas as follows: to my Department in relation to direct funeral expenses, the cost of refreshments afterwards, car and bus hire, florists costs, etc; to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in respect of Garda...

Written Answers — Proposed Expenditure: Proposed Expenditure (4 Jul 2006)

Bertie Ahern: There is no capital financial spending envelope allocation to my Department.

Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (4 Jul 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The Department plans to upgrade a number of hardware and software items in the second half of 2006. In the case of most software upgrades, there will be little or no purchasing requirements as the upgrades will be covered by existing software support contracts. With regard to hardware, a number of servers have been identified for upgrade during the second half of 2006 and possibly into early...

Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (4 Jul 2006)

Bertie Ahern: My Department complies with guidance on the procurement of supplies and services as set out in the "Public Procurement Guidelines — Competitive Process" issued in 2004. These guidelines set out the steps to be followed in conducting an appropriate competitive process under EU and national rules. In addition, "Information and Communications Technology — Guidance on use of Generic Technical...

Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (4 Jul 2006)

Bertie Ahern: Taking the figures for the past 12 months, the average size of information technology procurement contracts in my Department was €29,330.57. The median size of such contracts was €23,718.36.

Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (4 Jul 2006)

Bertie Ahern: My Department complies with guidance on the procurement of supplies and services as set out in the "Public Procurement Guidelines — Competitive Process" issued in 2004. These guidelines set out the steps to be followed in conducting an appropriate competitive process under EU and national rules. During the evaluation and selection process itself, weighting is given to categories, defined in...

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Bertie Ahern: As I said, these issues can be opened. There are 42 cases before the courts under section 1. I informed the House that the CC case does not prevent the DPP from preparing charges of sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault or, in appropriate circumstances, rape. I understand that the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990 is being used to deal with those cases and other charges.

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Bertie Ahern: All cases under section 1 and some under section 2. The area I pointed out this morning relates to the other issue. There might be some cases under section 2, but we do not know the position on that section. There is an issue of honest belief. There are other issues as well. I did not get the chance to inform Deputy Rabbitte this morning but we are proposing a parliamentary committee which...

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I dealt with these matters earlier today. I received the information yesterday and I thought it would be useful to provide it to the House. Deputy Kenny wrote a letter to me, to which I hope to reply today giving the full information. I have already said three times this morning but will reiterate that we are talking about a parliamentary committee to deal with the issues with which we need...

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I stated that other charges can be brought in those cases. I do not believe there is a difficulty in this regard. It is ultimately a matter for the DPP. I do not want to give the impression that I have influence over these cases but my understanding is that in these cases, the DPP has an option of preferring other charges. That will probably happen under Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act...

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I do not have much to add to what I have said. The view is that these cases are in various processes and I have been advised not to say anything about cases that are before the courts. The 16 cases about which Deputy Rabbitte asked relate to individuals who are in custody having been convicted of an offence under section 1 of the 1935 Act. Issues arise regarding how these cases will be...

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I do not want to get into the details of what has happened.

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I do not have the details of proceedings in individual court cases. This information was requested over a number of weeks and I sought the information and correctly brought it to the attention of the House. The point is that in most of, if not all, these cases other charges can be put and the matter is being carefully looked at by the Minister, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the...

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Bertie Ahern: What am I being asked?

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I will answer the question and make a point. We are approaching the end of the session. I reached a substantial agreement with the party leaders in 2002 that we would have Leaders' Questions on urgent issues in the mornings, and we agreed a particular format. Every other Standing Order in the House is obeyed most of the time. This has taken 21 minutes and if added to the normal 45 minutes, it...

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Bertie Ahern: We are here under Standing Orders.

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Bertie Ahern: It will be debated tomorrow.

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The Bill will be debated in the House tomorrow and any relevant points can be made.