asked the Minister for Social Welfare whether he is yet in a position to announce his decisions on the matters which were the subject of representations to his Department by the Association of Branch Managers.

I am not yet in a position to announce my decisions on the matters which were the subject of representations to my Department by the Association of Branch Managers.

Could the Parliamentary Secretary indicate when he hopes to be in a position to announce a decision on these matters?

We hope to be in a position to announce it in the very near future.

Would the Parliamentary Secretary suggest to his Minister that he should take time off from slanging the doctors and remedy these grievances of the staff of his Department?