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Order of Business (Resumed). (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: They are targeted for this year. We will have to wait and see what happens.

Order of Business (Resumed). (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: It is almost ready.

Order of Business (Resumed). (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I understand the Minister has done a trawl to see if there are any other agreements and, if so, he will place them before the Dáil.

Order of Business (Resumed). (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: My understanding is that they will be placed before the Dáil.

Order of Business (Resumed). (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The legislation will come before the House this session.

Order of Business (Resumed). (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I understand from the Minister, with whom I spoke today, that he hopes to bring forward the roads (miscellaneous provisions) Bill as soon as possible this session. There are some matters he has to finalise but he hopes to bring it forward this session. It is not on the list.

Order of Business (Resumed). (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I understand this is a Private Members' Bill which is in committee so I think it would need to be discussed with the Minister.

Order of Business (Resumed). (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I will communicate the Deputy's point to the Minister.

Order of Business (Resumed). (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The Bill will come before the House shortly.

Order of Business (Resumed). (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The Bill is not proceeding at present. The Supreme Court decision will have implications for it.

Leaders' Questions. (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: Since 1998 the Government has had road strategy programmes designed to reduce the number of fatalities and injuries on the roads. While I accept that any number of injuries or deaths on the roads is too high, to the best of my recollection, the figures for 1998 were higher than they are today. At that time there were only approximately 1 million vehicles on the roads while there are more than...

Leaders' Questions. (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: As Deputy Rabbitte said, the Irish Human Rights Commission wrote to me over the Christmas and new year period. There have been discussions in the Government and the Department of Foreign Affairs on this issue. We welcome the publication of Senator Marty's memorandum and will follow his future work on this matter in every way we can. The memorandum summarises the various allegations made and...

Leaders' Questions. (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I will try to make the position clear again. Deputy Rabbitte correctly stated that there are a number of investigations going on, such as that of the Irish Human Rights Commission. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe has asked for responses to questionnaires, which we will give. We will be happy to co-operate with the European Parliament and the PACE investigations. Last week, the...

Leaders' Questions. (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: It is my new year's resolution to try to be precise.

Leaders' Questions. (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I confirm to Deputy Higgins that the Government will stick by the announcement of last summer concerning the comprehensive growth plan for Irish aviation that puts the aviation sector on a clear, upward growth path. We will provide new external capital to Aer Lingus and we will examine how this can be best done. This will mean that part of Aer Lingus will be sold to allow the airline to...

Leaders' Questions. (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: We have stated time and time again that the Government will maintain a strategic interest in Aer Lingus. We have stated we will allow an equity injection which means a sale of a proportion of Aer Lingus. This will be decided following the consultant's advice in the area. The purpose of this is to prevent what happened in 1993 and some four or five years ago, when Aer Lingus nearly went down...

Leaders' Questions. (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: There is not an airline in Eastern Europe that has continued with that old hat.

Leaders' Questions. (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: We want to secure Aer Lingus, secure the staff, secure the jobs and help to develop the airline, including new long haul routes to Thailand, Singapore and Bahrain. If Deputy Higgins thinks the ancient ways of rusty aircraft will keep the airline going for the future he is off his head.

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, together. In line with the recommendations in the final report of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights on Mr. Justice Barron's report into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974, the McEntee commission of investigation was established to examine certain aspects of the investigation in this jurisdiction of...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (25 Jan 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I will go over my response again because I know there was quite an amount of noise when I began my reply. We should not discount what the sole member of the commission, Mr. Paddy McEntee SC, stated in his report and his requirement for more time. He states that on 11 January he received an offer of a meeting with certain entities whose assistance and co-operation he had been assiduously...