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Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: That legislation is due in the autumn session.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The energy Bill is due in 2006.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The electricity Bill is due in 2006.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The national roads infrastructure Bill is now named the road (miscellaneous provisions) Bill. It is being drafted, but I do not have a date for it to come to the House.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: If Dublin had not been playing, I would have been there to support Westport United.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: My priorities are right.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I cannot do that under legislation, obviously. The proposed alcohol products (control of advertising, sponsorship and marketing practices/sales promotions) Bill will be published later this year.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: As long as it is not on the pitch, anyway——

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I have already spoken about the electricity Bill. The energy (miscellaneous provisions) Bill will be published in this session.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The other one is this session.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: It will be introduced in the autumn session.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy knows the point I made. I said that accident and emergency facilities are under pressure for several reasons. However, the public constantly expresses satisfaction with the services it receives, whether as inpatients or outpatients, in theatres and in specialist services, in regard to maternity services, cardiac surgery and so on. International statistics indicate that these...

Leaders' Questions. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The point I made is that we have achieved enormous success in a range of health services. The Tánaiste dealt with the issue of cystic fibrosis during yesterday's Question Time and has met the people concerned, as the Deputy mentioned. St. Vincent's Hospital is the national centre for cystic fibrosis patients and we have put significant resources into the process that is under way to upgrade...

Leaders' Questions. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy has asked me to answer one particular question and I will do so. We are recruiting additional staff.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: We are aware that additional staff is required in this area and the Tánaiste has given resources for that. More consultant staff are required for many of our specialist services. We have significantly increased the number of staff in the health service to more than 106,000 people and we will continue to do so. The provision of services for cystic fibrosis patients is an important area. I am...

Leaders' Questions. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Our standards are internationally recognised. Our consultants and medics are considered internationally to be of a very high order. The Deputy and his colleagues seem daily to find an issue somewhere around the country about which they can complain. These people are out doing their best——

Leaders' Questions. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: We acknowledge the improvements that are required and it is the reason we have put an additional €1 billion per year into the health service.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: It is the reason the Tánaiste last night announced an extended capital programme of more than €600 million that will improve the health service throughout the State.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: That should be acknowledged in this House now and again.

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (22 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, together. Mr. Justice Barron previously reported on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings of 1974 and on the Dublin bombings of 1972 and 1973 and other events prior to 1974. Those two reports were subsequently examined and reported on by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights. The report on the murder of...