Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Departmental EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Secretary General.

2:55 pm

Mr. John Murphy:

Those regulations have been drafted. I was going to say there was a sticking point, but that would be an unfortunate choice of words. There was a legal wrinkle in terms of the level of penalties or sanctions applicable. We received advice that our draft regulations required amendment, and we are in discussion with the Commission in that regard We expect to have the final regulations prepared for signature very shortly in conjunction with the Health and Safety Authority and the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.