With regard to (b), as part of regular reporting requirements, a list of travel and hospitality expenses for the Embassy of Canada in Ireland can be found on the department’s website: [http ...]

In order to reach consensus, the competent authorities should consider all relevant criteria, which may include those set out in the Guidelines, which were published in the Eurojust Annual Report 2003, and take into account of for example the place where the major part of the criminality occurred, the place where the majority of the loss was sustained, the location of the suspected or accused person and possibilities for securing his/her surrender or extradition to other jurisdictions, the nationality or residence of the suspected or accused person, significant interests of the suspected or accused person, significant interests of victim ...[+++]s and witnesses, the admissibility of evidence or any delays that may occur.

Article 2: The first evaluation report concluded that most Member States had or would have legislation that separately criminalised terrorist acts committed in connection with terrorist groups.

As regards Article 9(3) it was concluded that Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Portugal explicitly provide for the possibility of prosecuting an offender who has committed a terrorist crime abroad and cannot be extradited.

By October 20 everyone in the department, from the mailroom clerk on up, knew about the internal audit except for the minister who, like a mushroom, was kept in the dark.

When I spoke to the administrative clerk here in the orderly room, they said that it is a constant source of complaint for them.