Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The formal social partnership arrangements were contained in the document Towards 2016 which was subsequently revised and called Towards 2016: Review and Transitional Agreement. Do those two documents still apply? Are those still live and operational and does the Government consider itself to be bound by the terms of those agreements?

In respect of the implementation body set up to oversee the implementation of the measures contained in the Croke Park agreement, there was a reply from the Minister for Finance to Dáil questions on Thursday last in which we were told that the implementation body held three meetings since it was established and that it was concentrating on the implementation of the agreement, including putting in place the structures at sectoral level and seeking from public service management their action plans for the implementation of the provisions of the agreement. What Departments have submitted action plans for the implementation of the provisions of the agreement?

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