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Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: No personal data held by my Department has been compromised in any way since June 2002.

Written Answers — Dublin-Monaghan Bombings: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: I have consistently called on the British Government to cooperate fully with inquiries which were established in this jurisdiction into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974. Both the Barron Inquiry and the Commission of Investigation in their reports commented on the reluctance of the British authorities to provide access to original documentation on security grounds and, of course, I...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 175, 177 and 178 together. 32 staff currently serving in my Department have applied through the Central Applications Facility to relocate under the Decentralisation Programme. The breakdown by grade is: Grade Number Principal Officer 1 Assistant Principal 5 Higher Executive Officer 3 Administrative Officer 7 Executive Officer 6 Staff Officer 1...

Written Answers — Equal Opportunities Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: I am satisfied that my Department has met the 3% employment quota for people with disabilities. As of 31 December, 2007, of the 210 staff surveyed in my Department, 7.1% voluntarily disclosed that they had a disability. Staff are recruited to my Department through the Public Appointments Service on the basis that they meet the requirements of the positions they are to fill. Recruitment,...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: Discussions on the health information Bill, which is to legalise the framework for governance, are ongoing between the HSE, the Department of Health and Children and HIQA, but there is no date for the legislation. I have already said discussions on the pharmacy (No. 2) Bill are ongoing with the HSE and until they get a framework there is no——

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: They are ongoing. There are two sides to that debate, I have heard both sides and if they could resolve it, that would help.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: I do not have a date for that Bill but I gave a list earlier. This session we have the pensions Bill, the student support Bill, the health (long term residential care services) Bill and the finance Bill, which will take up most of the time of this session.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: It was delayed before Christmas for two reasons: the Opposition asked that there be consultation with the groups and there were legal issues that had to be resolved by the Attorney General. The legal issues have been more or less resolved but the consultation with the groups must take place. The Minister was anxious before Christmas to move it on and she is even more anxious now. While...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: It would make a substantive improvement for the majority of people. We are having that consultation. The legal points have been more or less resolved and when those consultations are finished I hope we can get ahead with it. The Minister is anxious to get it through in this session.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: It will be published in a few weeks.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: The heads of the designated land (housing development) Bill were approved more than a year ago and the Bill has gone for drafting. I do not have a date for the presentation of the Bill. The heads of the housing (miscellaneous provisions) Bill are finished and the Bill is almost completed but it will probably not come before the House before the autumn session.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: The heads of the Bill are approved and the Bill is almost drafted. All of the issues raised by the Deputy are dealt with in the Bill but I am told it will be the middle of the year before it will be presented.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: The student support Bill will be dealt with in this session.

Barron Reports: Statements. (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: The debate we are about to hold in this House is on a matter of the greatest national importance. It is about a series of atrocities perpetrated on innocent people in our country, including the bombings of May 1974 in Dublin and Monaghan, which saw the greatest loss of life on a single day during the Troubles. It is about murder, pure and simple and responsibility for that murder. It is...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: It is proposed to take No. 6, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 7, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a Council framework decision on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments in criminal matters imposing custodial sentences; and No. 11, statements on the reports of the Joint Committee on...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: I was not aware that there was this view among any of the Deputies, from Sinn Féin or the Labour Party.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: I was asked last year on a number of occasions if I would have a debate in the House on this issue. I was pressed before Christmas and I stated that, unfortunately, we could not fit in a debate before Christmas.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: It is a debate.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: It is an opportunity for Members of the House to express their views on these issues, and that is what I will do.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Bertie Ahern: I consider this a debate where we can express our views. If, as Deputy Costello mentioned, somebody on another occasion wants to take some comprehensive motion and get agreement from everybody on that and the full range, perhaps that can be examined on another day. This is an opportunity which people have sought for many months. I have spent an enormous amount of time dealing with Justice...