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Order of Business (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: Both Bills are ready, but there are some outstanding issues with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. The Minister is ready to bring both Bills forward in this session.

Order of Business (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: It is already laid out in legislation. A business plan must be put in place before matters can be taken forward.

Order of Business (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The report will be published as soon as it is available.

Order of Business (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I hope it will be self-evident.

Order of Business (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: In early 2008.

Order of Business (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I will get the information for the Deputy.

Order of Business (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The employment agency regulation Bill, to regulate the employment agency sector and put it on a statutory basis, is due this session.

Order of Business (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: Yes, it will provide for measures to enforce the EU chemicals-related legislation. It is due next year.

Order of Business (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy should put down a parliamentary question to the Minister on the matter.

Order of Business (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: It is due before Christmas.

Order of Business (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The legislation is due in 2008.

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy John Gormley announced before the summer that the previous position would be reviewed——

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: He does not influence the decisions on planning issues, such as on capacity. Deputy Gormely took the view that we should look at the modern technologies and the new systems being used in the Nordic countries and if we did that we would not need the number of incinerators that had been previously listed. There are four major applications for incinerators in the planning process. Based on...

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: In his view, some of the proposals that were previously examined did not take account of the most modern technology and if we go with the most modern technology we would not need the number of incinerators that had been envisaged.

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: It does not mean that. As the Deputy knows there are contractual commitments and a considerable amount of work has been completed on the Poolbeg incinerator. However, that does not remove the need to look at modern technology for that incinerator. That is the point the Minister has made. We have seen where in at least one case and possibly two, the capacity of the proposed incinerators...

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: We should take account of the most modern technology. That is the point the Minister made.

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: We want to move away from landfill. We should take account of the most modern technology available and as we have not started to build the incinerators, why should we use technology that is six or seven years out of date? That is a valid point for the Minister to make.

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: Ten years ago, when I took over as Taoiseach, the pension was €70 and we have brought it to €200. As we promised, we will bring it to €300 in the lifetime of this Government. On the issue of our tax commitments, we intend to implement our policies over the five-year period as we have done in the past two Governments. We published the Green Paper on pensions last week, in fulfilment of...

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: Perhaps Deputy Gilmore does not want me to do anything on the old age pension until 2012——

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2007)

Bertie Ahern: ——but that is not the policy of this Government. We do not want to go back to what his colleague did and give such miserly pension increases. We refuse to go down that road. Our practice has been to give significant increases.