Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

The relevant Departments will be working on all of these items. With regard to my Department, legislation on FÁS is being discussed in the House and we are working to bring legislation on the amalgamation of the National Consumer Authority and the Competition Authority to the House as quickly as possibly. It is hoped to do so at the beginning of next year.

As I indicated in my previous response, all bonuses for 2008 and 2009 have been abolished.

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