Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

There are six Departments with plans because it is necessary for those Departments to plan for the short, medium and long term action they will take. This is because there are very significant amounts of work that they all must carry out. The other Departments are covered and they must complete their work by December 2005, which is covered in sections 26 to 29. We wanted to focus on the big Departments which must put plans in place because of the fact that there is a very significant amount of work to be done by them or the agencies under their area. The Department of Education and Science is covered under the Education Act, so it is not necessary to cover it here.