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Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I accept what Deputy Rabbitte has said. I do not think we do ourselves any good by giving the impression that my colleagues and I are taking a holiday.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: None of us is doing that. I do not think we should get into that. It is not very wise.

Written Answers — Departmental Statistics: Departmental Statistics (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The number of births registered in the State between January and June 2004 was 31,134. The Central Statistics Office do not yet have figures for births registered after June 2004. The data requested on the number of children born to mothers who are registered as self-employed is not available as no information is collected on the employment status of the mother on the birth notification form.

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: There have been no payments made by or on behalf of my Department to the person named.

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The number of staff employed in my private and constituency offices and the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in regard to each office are detailed in the following table. Office Number of staff employed Current annual salaries Total expenses paid January 2004 to date â'¬ â'¬ Private Office 13 566,103 11,830 Constituency Office 8 241,275 Nil In...

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The air navigation Bill will come before the House during this session. On the Aer Lingus report, there have been detailed discussions between the unions and management and the issues discussed should be completed shortly.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The report was presented to the Cabinet at the start of the meeting this morning at 10.30 a.m. There were 20 items on the agenda this morning. Other than the few people who got the report at the weekend, none of the rest of the Cabinet had read the report. The Cabinet has not yet read the report.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I said today that the report will be available tomorrow. I answered questions on it today and people have already come to their conclusions on it.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I have said there will be a debate and that can be worked out.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The idea that a detailed report that took several months to prepare can just be brought in and circulated is not the way to do business.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The truth is that Opposition Deputies thought last week that I would delay this report. They did not get their way and are irritated that I did not hold back the report.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: They will have it tomorrow. I hope they read it, although they probably will not bother, and then it can be debated.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Normal procedure is to have it here by 12 p.m. on the Friday, but the report did not arrive until midnight on Friday night. That was the first time I even heard about it. I followed normal practice.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: If I had followed the procedure that Deputy Rabbitte has correctly raised, the report would not have been discussed at the Cabinet meeting until Tuesday week. That is when it would be on.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I hope by the summer session.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: We have agreed the terms of the Bill, yes.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The family law Bill will be introduced later in the year.

National Security Committee. (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, together. The National Security Committee, which is chaired by the Secretary General to the Government, comprises representatives at the highest level of the Departments of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Defence and Foreign Affairs and of the Garda and Defence Forces. The committee meets as required and will continue to do so. Given the...

National Security Committee. (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The office of emergency planning deals with the detailed day-to-day issues. Obviously if a policy issue or some vital information arises from the high level group, it would inform the Minister for Defence, who is on the committee, and he would inform his colleagues in the office of emergency planning which deals with the broader remit. There is that crossover of personnel involved in the...

National Security Committee. (8 Mar 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The office of emergency planning which co-ordinates the work relevant to Deputy Kenny's question and uses the various emergency services in preparing contingency plans is under the aegis of the Minister for Defence. All the issues raised by the Deputy, including those relating to aviation, are the responsibility of that Minister. The high level group was set up after the events of September...