Also included in the Act was a requirement for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to lay a report on the operation of the Act before each House of the Oireachtas prior to any consideration by the Houses of the renewal of its provisions. Such a report was laid before this House on 18 June. The conclusion of that report was that the renewal of the provisions for a further year was necessary. The sad reality is that those responsible for the Omagh bomb continue to pursue and plan a campaign of violence and there is no change of substance to the circumstances which led to the enactment of the 1998 Act.