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64 Mr. Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the frequency with which it is intended to hold meetings under the auspices of the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1993; if that frequency will result in meetings being held on a monthly basis at different venues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
As I have previously indicated, the Government is determined to work the Anglo-Irish Agreement very vigorously. Both Governments have committed themselves to the full implementation of this agreement unless or until it is transcended by new agreed arrangements.
There is a very substantial volume of work which requires continuing attention under each of the agreement's headings. Areas of particular importance clearly include political matters, with special reference to the need to make political progress in relation to Northern Ireland; security and related matters; legal matters, including the administration of justice; and cross-Border co-operation on security, economic, social and cultural matters.
At the March meeting of the Anglo-Irish Conference, for example, we confirmed arrangements we had made to discuss at a series of forthcoming conference meetings a number of specified topics in the field of North/South economic and social co-operation.
Our next such discussion will take place at a meeting of the conference which has been scheduled for next month and will deal with co-operation in the fields of enterprise and employment and science and technology. Other topics to be discussed at forthcoming meetings include arts and culture, inland fisheries, education, transport and agriculture.
