Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 58: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the implementation framework as agreed at the inaugural meeting of the high level implementation group on the national workplace strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18109/05]

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 99: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a report to the House regarding the inaugural meeting of the high level implementation group on the national workplace strategy. [18096/05]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is represented on the high level group recently established to oversee the implementation of the national workplace strategy. [18132/05]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 58, 99 and 270 together.

The high level group established to oversee the appropriate implementation of the recommendations of the report of the forum on the workplace of the future, Working to our Advantage: a national workplace strategy, held its inaugural meeting on 17 May 2005. The central theme of the forum's recommendations is to create a climate conducive to supporting change and new forms of work organisation at national and organisational level. The group comprises senior representatives of five Departments — my Department, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, as well as the Departments of the Taoiseach, Finance, Education and Science and Justice Equality and Law Reform. Forfás, FÁS, IBEC, CIF and ICTU are also represented.

The implementation framework agreed by the group aims to progress the forum's recommendations which comprise the national workplace strategy and drive the strategy forward. Under this framework, action plans for each recommendation will be developed and their implementation will be overseen by the group. In addition, the group agreed a dissemination strategy for the forum's report.