THE BSE crisis will mean the State spending an additional £16 million in Border security this year, the Minister for Justice revealed.
Replying to Ms Frances Fitzgerald (FG, Dublin South East), Mrs Owen said that of the 327 gardai assigned to Border duty, 165 were from the Dublin metropolitan area.
The Price Waterhouse report into errors made in the marking of last year's Leaving Certificate art exam has not yet been completed, the Minister for Education has said. However, Ms Breathnach told Mr Micheal Martin (FF) that the work of the consultants is "well advanced".