Frank Feighan (Fine Gael)

I was also shocked by last night's IRA statement in which it stated that it had offered to kill the killers of Robert McCartney. People's reaction was to ask from where the statement was coming. Despite various statements and hot air and the McCartney family's visit to Dublin, the IRA has still failed to produce a single witness statement from any of the people involved. We should focus on this issue because we want and expect due process.

Will the Leader ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism to address why the national conference centre proposed for Dublin for the past ten years is still in a stalemate situation? We will lose over €1 billion worth of tourism and conference business from all over the world for as long as this is delayed. The Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism has reneged on two dates since January. Will he decide a date on which the international conference centre will be proposed? I ask him to make a speedy decision.