Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 215: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for the commencement of which his Department is wholly or partly responsible, which are not yet in force and which require the future making of a commencement order; if, in each case, it is intended to make such an order; if so, when; the reason for the failure to make such an order to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24894/05]

Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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In the context of Acts enacted during the lifetime of the current Government, the Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Act 2005 which was enacted on 9 July 2005 is the only Act for which my Department has yet to arrange the commencement of a specific provision. The Act comes mainly under the Department of Finance and is the subject of a separate reply from the Minister for Finance.

Part 9, dealing with arrangements for local State solicitors, is the responsibility of the Department of the Taoiseach. A review of the work of local State solicitors is currently being carried out. When this is completed — hopefully, before the end of this year — arrangements will be made to transfer responsibility for the solicitors from the Attorney General to the Director of Public Prosecutions.