Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 332: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the significant changes which have been implemented by his Department to date in 2005 in delivering the national spatial strategy; and the costs, benefits and savings that have accrued. [34078/05]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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As none of the proposals in the national spatial strategy fall within the policy remit of the Department of Foreign Affairs, there have been no significant changes implemented by the Department as a result of the delivery of the strategy. Thus no costs, benefits or savings for my Department have directly accrued.

The Deputy may wish to note that, in the context of advancing co-operation on an all island basis, the meeting of the British Irish Intergovernmental Conference of 19 October 2005, which I co-chaired with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, formally acknowledged the significant potential for mutual benefit on strategic issues such as infrastructure development and spatial planning.