Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I would say the Taoiseach's party is still at that — a few bodies around the place and so on.

I asked the Taoiseach at Question Time about the €4 per hour being paid to workers on the new Irish Ferries ship. Everybody will agree this is a scandalous rate of pay. What is the status of the employment agency regulation Bill? This Bill was on the pink sheet list last session, indicating that it was due for publication in that session. This session, however, it has dropped back to section C, which includes those Bills for which the heads have not yet been prepared. This is the graveyard section for legislation. Is it the Government's intention to legislate for agency workers? Why has this Bill been relegated not one but two divisions since Christmas? When it is likely to be introduced? The only available information suggests it is not yet possible to indicate when it can be published.

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