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Departmental Staff. (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the way in which he intends to achieve the reduction of 3% in payroll costs for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29627/08]

Departmental Staff. (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Have any appointments been made in the Department of the Taoiseach since the announcement was made regarding the 3% cut in payroll costs? How does the Taoiseach propose to achieve the 3% cut in payroll costs in his Department?

Departmental Staff. (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Taoiseach for reading out that section of his brief and ask him to answer the two questions I asked of him. Have any appointments been made in the Department of the Taoiseach since the 3% payroll cut was announced in July? How will he achieve the 3% payroll cut in his Department?

Departmental Staff. (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I will return to the 3% reduction in payroll costs and the comments made by the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy John McGuinness. I do not accept the line that his comments were personal. This was not a——

Departmental Staff. (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I will explain the reason the issue is relevant. The Minister of State proposed a way by which payroll reductions could be achieved and said a vast programme of redundancies should be implemented immediately across the Civil Service and State sector. He identified where these redundancies would take place and stated that there are too many people in the Civil Service who have no function or...

Departmental Staff. (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: There were, he said, featherless but still plump State hens in the Civil Service and unhappy square pegs in round holes.

Departmental Staff. (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Are there any featherless but plump State hens in the Taoiseach's Department or square pegs in round holes who he believes should be made redundant? Is there anybody in his Department with no function who he may make redundant?

Departmental Staff. (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy McGuinness, is one of a number of new junior Ministers appointed by the Government. He is one of four Ministers of State serving in that Department.

Departmental Staff. (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: When I asked the Taoiseach whether the Government had done anything to find jobs for people since the Dáil last met, he was not in a position to indicate a single action taken by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment or any of her four Ministers of State in the past ten weeks in that regard. To quote the Minister of State, Deputy McGuinness——

Departmental Staff. (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The question tabled in my name relates to the Government's objective to achieve a 3% reduction in payroll costs. Is the Taoiseach of the view that the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, which has four Ministers of State, is somewhat over-staffed?

Departmental Staff. (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Does he believe there might be scope for achieving a reduction in the payroll of that Department?

Data Protection. (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if any computers, disks, laptops or memory storage devices containing personal information about members of the public have been lost or stolen from his Department; if any of these contained personal information; the frequency with which an audit of such equipment is done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21762/08]

Data Protection. (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures in place within his Department to ensure the security of data held by electronic means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21763/08]

Data Protection. (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: With regard to the laptops which were already stolen and the information they contained, including the social welfare information which affected 380,000 people and the blood bank details of 170,000 people, is there any evidence to suggest this information has been accessed?

Data Protection. (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The matter that has to be addressed is the public's concern about personal and sensitive information being accessed by somebody who should not have it. We now have a situation whereby certain medical tests in hospitals have been outsourced. There are clearly concerns about where that information might end up and it would help to reassure people if information could be provided as to whether...

Regulatory Reform. (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made to date with regard to implementation of the OECD report on regulatory reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21764/08]

Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It is the Government's responsibility to propose the legislative programme for the House. In my time here I have never seen such a pathetic legislative programme as we have for this week's business. What we have before us for these two days shows us that this Government is now so long in office that it has lost touch with reality and with the people that sent us here. The Cabinet is...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: ——which might have to be changed anyway based on the next census, at a time when the people of the country have many other concerns. The head of the HSE told us yesterday there might be further cases of cancer misdiagnosis. People are losing their jobs. There are people whose homes and businesses were flooded during the month of August in bizarre weather. There is no end to the things...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I support that proposal. As I said earlier, there is something unreal about the fact that the Dáil will spend two days debating constituency boundaries, changes to which may never be made, in circumstances where the public is discussing the state of the economy, the health service and the day to day problems being experienced. If this House is to have any relevance, we need to discuss...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to raise two matters. First, I understand there will be some changes in employment legislation arising from the conclusion of an agreement between the Government and the social partners. Which pieces of legislation in the Government programme will incorporate the changes in employment legislation agreed with the social partners? Will separate legislation be introduced? Second, I...