David Norris (Independent)

I also request a debate on Iraq. The city centre of Ramadi was taken over by 400 armed men who claim to be members of al-Qaeda, on the day after President Bush again told a military audience he is winning his war. On top of that we are made complicit in the crime of torture because a Gulfstream V jet, which is an international pariah, is still allowed to conduct its torture missions through our airports.

I notice two articles beside each other on the front page of The Irish Times today, one indicating that less than 10% of people have applied for decentralisation, and the other indicating that the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Deputy Callely, is on his sixth secretary in three years and is also seeking a new constituency secretary. Will the Government consider giving him responsibility for decentralisation?