Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The Taoiseach states that this will require legislation, but could the Government not do this anyway? If there is a more open and transparent system for appointment to public bodies, the Government could do it without having to go through the bother of bringing in legislation. The job in Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn's cabinet could have been advertised in line with the provisions of this document, which would have given the former Senator de Búrca a fair opportunity to compete for it. According to what she said, the Minister, Deputy Gormley, told her that the Taoiseach shafted her. That cannot be good for relations in the Government.

I interpret what the Taoiseach is saying about the incinerator as meaning that it is Government policy to build the incinerator in Ringsend, but that at some stage in the future, the Government might put a cap on the amount of material that would be incinerated there. Is that a correct interpretation?

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