Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I wish to raise three matters. When will the dormant accounts Bill be before the House? When will the Údarás na Gaeltachta Bill be before the House? Will the Údarás elections proceed or is legislation required? I would hope the Bill will be before the House shortly because people need to know what is happening with the Údarás and what changes will take place.

When will the Government sit down with the unions on the go-slow in the public sector? It is having a major effect on how this House works. While it does not matter about us, the affairs of the people on the ground are being affected. We cannot get replies to parliamentary questions to the Minister for Social and Family Affairs. This cannot continue. We need the Department to be working. It is time the Government and unions sat down to try to resolve the matter.

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