As the Deputy is probably aware, the industrial action being taken by members of the Civil and Public Service Union in the Oireachtas is part of a wider dispute affecting those grades throughout the Civil Service. Discussions have taken place with the staff panel, on which all Civil Service unions are represented, with a view to resolving the issue which lies at the heart of the present industrial action, that is the one-in-three restriction on the filling of vacancies in the Civil Service. These discussions are ongoing and I hope an outcome satisfactory to all concerned will be arrived at shortly.