David Norris (Independent)

Yes, I have. It is important we discuss this without discussing the particular case or the personalities involved. We must get the procedures right, otherwise the issue of that process will be vitiated and fouled.

Can the Leader give us a date on which we will discuss Iraq? I was approached coincidentally on separate occasions by two people, who have some influence in public life, on issues connected with Iraq. They asked me to raise two questions this morning. The first is to ask the Leader to find out from the Minister for Transport what measures are taken to inspect military traffic from the United States in transit through Shannon Airport. It is apparently possible that either torturers from the United States, or their victims, are being transported through our airspace and our airport. Is this a fact? The second question, which is distinct from but related to the first, is to establish whether it is the case that there is an American vessel in Dublin Port carrying depleted uranium shells which contravenes our legislation governing radioactive material. This was reported to the Garda Síochána yesterday which took little interest in the information. We are entitled to ask about this matter. What measures are being taken to monitor, first, military air traffic and its personnel going through Shannon and, second, the military hardware contained in vessels in Dublin Port?