I congratulate Deputy Burton on her election as Leader of the Labour Party and her appointment as Tánaiste. It is a great honour for her and her family. I also wish the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, well in his retirement.

Deputy Adams is welcome to join me.

No, there is too much work to do.

That is what I am afraid of.

I realised something was about to happen when I looked up from my work and saw all of the Labour Party Members coming into the House.

We have not gone away.

Not too far off.

Not yet. What would be helpful of the Labour Party would be if it returned to the party founded by James Connolly----

We never left it.

-----and cut its alliance with the conservative party with which it is in power.

I have given the Deputy some latitude and must now ask him to put a question.

I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his indulgence. I have three questions for the Taoiseach. On the 1961 Vienna Convention, does the Government intend to upgrade the Palestinian mission to an embassy, which status it deserves under the 1961 Vienna Convention? Given current difficulties in the Middle East this would send a strong signal to the beleaguered people of Palestine.

When does the Government expect to introduce legislation in respect the establishment of the Garda authority, when does the Taoiseach expect advertising in respect of the appointment of the Garda Commissioner to commence and how quickly will the successful candidate be in place?

In June 2013, the Minister for State with responsibility for planning, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, initiated a review of planning issues in respect of six of seven planning authorities that were previously the subject of a review by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. When will the report of this review be published?

I will have to come back to the Deputy on the second question. On the Garda authority and the process for the appointment of a Garda Commissioner, the advertisement for the post of Garda Commissioner will be placed in July and the legislation regarding the establishment of a committee to deal with the provision of an independent statutory Garda authority will be introduced in the autumn. It is intended that both processes will overlap. In other words, the process of the appointment will overlap with the development of the independent statutory authority.

On the expert planning group, it is due to report shortly.

Can the Taoiseach respond to my first question in relation to the Palestinian mission?

Is the Deputy seeking that it be upgraded to a full embassy?

I have written a number of times to the former Tánaiste about the matter. Perhaps the current Tánaiste will deal with it.

The Deputy might seek to have the matter responded to in a different way.

I will retrieve the Deputy's letter and have a look at it.

Thank you.