Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I also want to ask the Taoiseach about green jobs. One green job in particular is the job that the former Senator de Búrca did not get. What was the understanding in the reviewed programme for Government about jobbery in the Government and about the appointment of jobs like this? The former Senator claims that she was promised the job and that the Minister, Deputy John Gormley, could not deliver it for her. Was there an understanding about a job for Ms de Búrca in Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn's cabinet? Why was he not able to deliver it for her?

The programme for Government states: "We will introduce on a legislative basis a more open and transparent system for appointments to public bodies. The legislation will outline a procedure for the publication of all vacancies likely to occur..." What progress has been made on that statement? Does it apply to the kind of job that the former Senator de Búrca did not get?

My final question is about the revised programme for Government and its policy on incineration. The Government issued a statement about two weeks ago which purported to provide some comfort for the Minister, Deputy Gormley in his constituency. Unfortunately, the statement does not say whether the building of the incinerator in Ringsend is Government policy. Is it Government policy to build that incinerator?

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