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Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I hope the dispute can be resolved. It has been before the Labour Court and the Labour Relations Commission and a decision was made by the Labour Court which normally people would be honour-bound to accept. I understand that sometimes that does not happen. In this case the management went through arbitration and the full conciliation process in the Labour Relations Commission. Management...

Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: There are hourly trains to Cork, as opposed to the twice daily service ten years ago. We are extending services on other routes and I hope people use those trains as originally they were not running because of a lack of use. The Tánaiste and Minister for Finance is giving a huge amount of resources — €34.5 billion — to help and much of that will be going to public transport so people...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The names, titles and annual salaries of each of the Political Advisors, Press Officers, Personal Assistants or other Political Appointees who were employed by my Department on 1 November, 2002 are set out in the table. Name Title Annual Salary 1 November, 2002 € Gerry Hickey Programme Manager & Special Adviser 179,901 Gerry Howlin Special Adviser 92,949 Una Claffey Special Adviser...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The names, titles and annual salaries of each of the Political Advisers, Press Officers, Personal Assistants or other staff appointed by me are listed in the table. Name Title Annual Salary € Gerry Hickey Programme Manager & Special Adviser 229,918 Mandy Johnson Special Adviser 136,034 Brian Murphy Special Adviser 118,791 Padraig Slyne Special Adviser 88,261 Jill Collins Special...

Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I do not have a timescale.

Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: While I have answered this a number of times, the Minister has received the first report from the monitoring group established to oversee adherence on the voluntary codes. Discussions are taking place between a number of Ministers and Ministers of State to consider whether the legislation should be reactivated. No conclusion has yet been reached in this regard but the matter, based on the...

Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: It is on 6 December.

Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I am not.

Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: It will be introduced toward the middle of next year.

Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The broadcasting Bill is due this session. As for the alcohol Bill, the reply is the same as that which I gave previously.

Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The legislation is due next year.

Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: No, the public consultation process is still under way.

Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: This session.

Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I cannot deal with that issue.

Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I will not.

Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, assures me that he replied. However, as a breakdown in communication may have occurred, we will check and secure a copy of the reply for the Deputy.

Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: As I noted earlier, it will be taken this session.

Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I understand it is planned to have it enacted by Christmas.

Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I wish to point out that this is the first national hygiene services quality review report from the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, the new agency the Government promised. This report cannot be compared with the previous ones because it was carried out on a different basis. The report is part of an important new development in the Irish health service that will see standards...

Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: This will serve as notice to corporate management in hospitals to make hygiene a far higher priority in the coming months and years. I welcome HIQA's emphasis on a whole-system approach to hygiene, which makes this the most comprehensive quality review of any kind in Ireland. The review is intended to provide a detailed assessment of performance across the entire range of areas that impact...