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Consultancy Reports. (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It states it is a "review of the economic regulatory environment". Is that different?

Consultancy Reports. (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Who did that?

Consultancy Reports. (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: What was involved in that report? The McCarthy report looked at-----

Consultancy Reports. (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I am asking a supplementary question arising from the original question, which concerns the costs of consultant reports. This states, "Review of Economic Regulatory Environment - €408,375". Why did it cost that much? The wide-ranging McCarthy report cost one tenth of that. Why is the Government paying large sums for reports on the regulatory environment? What was involved?

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: For quite some time, on behalf of the Labour Party, I have been urging the Taoiseach and the Government to conclude an agreement which would provide for a reduction in the public service pay bill and reforms in the public service. I have here seven documents which were signed off, as agreed, last Friday between the public service trade unions and the Government. There is a document on the...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----on the agreement.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I ask the Taoiseach to explain to the House why he has thrown away an opportunity to get long term reforms in the public service for a quick one-year fix for next year, purely, it would appear, on the basis of Fianna Fáil's political need.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It seems the Government and the unions were within touching distance of concluding an agreement which would not only have provided the savings but would have delivered public service reform, a better deal for the public in terms of delivery of services and industrial peace in the time ahead. At best, it is incompetent that the Government could not conclude that agreement and at worst it is...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----agreement.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: He clearly does not subscribe to the Taoiseach's view-----

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----that political loyalty is a virtue. From early last week, from the time there was an agreement in prospect, he had his representatives out on the airwaves doing his damnedest to undermine the work that was going on. This was stupid and short-sighted because the fact that an opportunity to achieve serious reform in the public services has now been thrown away and turned down by...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is what happened on Wednesday.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is in the documents.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: They provide for nothing now.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I ask the Taoiseach to continue.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government had the savings and they were costed.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government had costed savings of €978 million with an additional €100 million in overtime savings.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government had the savings.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: What will the Government do now?

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach had an agreement in his hand and he blew it.