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Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Estimates day will be 17 November.

Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The framework convention on tobacco control must be signed by 8 November and it will be done by that date. The Public Transport Commission Bill will be published in 2006. I do not have a more precise date.

Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: There is no legislation promised on that.

Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: It is not listed but discussions are taking place. Perhaps we will have it next year. No decisions have been made.

Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: No.

Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The heads of that Bill have been approved and the Bill is being drafted. It is due in the middle of next year.

Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy should submit a question to the relevant Minister.

Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: A critical infrastructure Bill is due early next year if I recall correctly what the Minister recently stated. The national development plan is under preparation. I hope the Bill will be published first.

Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: It is still listed for this session.

Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: It is not pulled. It is still listed for this session.

Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Minister took that particular Bill off the legislative list about six months ago. There is no legislation in train, at present.

Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: We stopped it.

Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Nothing has changed as regards that Bill. It is not proceeding at present. The Supreme Court decision has implications for it and it is not being moved.

Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The legislation is enacted. The Deputy should raise the matter with the Minister.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 and 228 together. The amounts paid by my Department to Gartner are shown in the following table. Year Amount Paid Details â'¬ 2002 678 Conference attendance fee 2004 7,744 Subscription to Gartner Research service (6 month period) 2005 16,033 Subscription for Gartner Research service (12 month period) Gartner publishes independent...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 216 and 229 together. In 2002, following a competitive tendering process, the Information Society Commission, which came under the aegis of my Department, engaged the services of Accenture to conduct a study on the value of developing a national e-payments strategy. Accenture was paid €155,333.75 in respect of the development of this strategy, €72,600 of...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The cost incurred to date in producing the 3rd edition of Ireland and the European Union: Identifying Priorities and Pursuing Goals is €11,023 for the design and typesetting of English and Irish language versions of the document and €4,537.50 for the translation of the document into Irish. My Department is awaiting an invoice for the printing of 3,000 English copies and 500 Irish copies...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Each press officer is normally required to be on call one week in four, for which they receive an on-call allowance equivalent to five hours overtime at double time rates per week. Normal overtime rates also apply where late attendance is required. These rates are set down in Department of Finance circular 27-1999: first hour, no payment, next two hours, rate plus one quarter, next five...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Ex gratia payments are not made to staff in my Department's press office.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2005)

Bertie Ahern: A total of 207 hours compensatory leave was granted this year to six members of staff, namely, two clerical officers, one service officer and three cleaners, in respect of additional attendance at work before or after normal hours of attendance. Where staff opt for time off in lieu, instead of extra attendance payments, the granting of time off in lieu is at the discretion of the manager...