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Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: A road traffic Bill will be included in the new testing Bill.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: This session will continue until the next session. That is the definition.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The energy (miscellaneous provisions) Bill will be published in this session. All the other Bills are for 2006.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I have already pointed out to the leader of the Labour Party the difficulties with its maritime legislation. With regard to the other issue raised by the Deputy and in the context of social partnership talks, I wrote a letter to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions about the Government's desire to assist in legislation on the issue.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The heads of business improvement districts Bill have been approved. The legislation is yet to be drafted and it will be late 2006 before the legislation will be prepared.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The alcohol products Bill has been deferred pending the voluntary agreements that have been reached with the alcohol and advertising industries. We are holding it off until we see how the voluntary agreements work.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Something similar to that has already happened. The Minister of State, Deputy Gallagher, has raised these issues at European level.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Many things could be done if there was co-operation.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The legislation will be published this session. Practically every day I have to define what this session is. It runs until the start of the next session.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: It does not and that is the point.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: In terms of legislation this session runs to the day before the next session starts. That is what happens all the time.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I will raise this matter with the Minister. Normally at the close of business on the final day I have an opportunity to give Christmas greetings to the House, along with Opposition leaders. However, the European Council meeting starts tomorrow and I will not be in a position to do that. I would like to thank the Ceann Comhairle for all of his diligent work throughout the year and for the...

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Minister and I comprehensively answered nearly all of these questions yesterday. I will briefly restate a few points, in case there is any doubt about what I said yesterday. There was no question of there being any campaign by the Government against the Centre for Public Inquiry, which happens to employ the individual concerned. This matter centres on the fraudulent use of Irish passports...

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I do not wish to end the last Leaders' Question time in the acrimonious way that the Deputy and I began the year on the subject of the Northern Bank raid. I will confine myself to saying that Deputy Ó Caoláin does not believe there was a bogus passport application form.

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy believes it did not exist or that Colombia, and all the difficulties arising out of that incident, never happened. I played my role in trying to assist in the release of Irish people held in Colombia. I did more than my fair share when I spoke to the Colombian President and senior officials. I did not make up the passport application form. Neither I nor the Minister for Justice,...

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Somebody had a bogus document. If somebody feels aggrieved at, and maligned by, anything said inside or outside the House there is a way to vindicate himself or herself through the courts——

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: ——if a person feels this is an issue. Let us not con ourselves into believing this was not a serious issue.

Departmental Estimates. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, together. The total allocation for my Department for 2006 is €37.498 million. This is a decrease of 4% —€1.467 million — on the 2005 Revised Estimates allocation. Details of the Estimates are set out in the Abridged Estimates for the public service, which were presented to the Dáil on 17 November 2005. I look forward to addressing...

Departmental Estimates. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Consultancy fees are reduced because the e-Cabinet project has effectively been completed. The consultancies were related to work on that project. There are several applications under the e-inclusion scheme which is for elderly and disabled people, and organisations to get grants to help them use information technology. The Minister of State in my Department, Deputy Kitt, administers that...

Departmental Estimates. (14 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: That was a once-off grant to support the Science Olympiad project held in Trinity College Dublin in 2005. It was an international conference that brought together an enormous number of scientists. As there was no suitable subhead, it was to assist in giving the project a grant. It will not occur again. On the commemorative initiatives, these are the usual annual commemoration grants given for...