Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Two questions arise from the Taoiseach's reply. When was the last time there was a meeting together of all the social partners or all the main elements of the social partnership arrangement, namely of Government, employer bodies and trade unions in particular?

Second, with regard to the action plans being made by Departments, do I understand correctly that the proposals to which the Taoiseach referred are the action plans for the implementation of the provision of the Croke Park agreement and that those action plans have now been submitted to the implementation body? Will he outline what will now happen to those action plans? Is it the case that they have to be agreed within the context of the implementation body and the procedures that have been set down for dealing with them?

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