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Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I apologise to the Minister of State for not being present at the beginning of the debate, as no disrespect was intended. The amendment is self-explanatory.

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 11: In page 7, subsection (1), line 18, after "1967" to insert "(inserted by section 16)".

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: It is easier to be elected to the alternative assembly of the social partners than to this House.

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 13: In page 7, subsection (1), line 23, after "a" to insert the following: "body to be known as Painéal Iomarcaíochta or in the English language, as the". This is a linguistic amendment. Whether the Minister of State is disposed to take it, it attempts to give balance to the two official languages of the State.

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Will the Irish language version be incorporated into the title in the publication of official documentation in respect of the body's role or is that presumption unnecessary, as the Official Languages Acts cover the matter?

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Amendment No. 19 is an attempt to make the legislation more explicit, as there may be industrial action elsewhere. The amendment suggests changing the provision to read "no industrial action relevant to the dispute is current". It is a belt and braces attempt at an amendment.

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 22: In page 12, lines 7 to 12, to delete subsection (2). The subsection is an explicit provision and, when we examined it, we wondered why it was being included in this manner. I would prefer to have it deleted. Will the Minister of State elaborate on the thinking behind the matter?

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I ask the Minister of State to address the broader issue. Perhaps this can be done in the context of the consolidation of labour legislation, on which work has commenced in his Department. I believe he is familiar with what has happened both in west Limerick and at Comerama, which has been discussed in this House. The net issue concerns a group of workers who co-operate in the...

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Sure.

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Yes.

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Absolutely.

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I think that is a fair summary.

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Amendment No. 25 is related to Deputy Morgan's amendment. We have seen maximum fines devalued over time, either by inflation or by the rise in the level of profit an organisation can make. The Minister of State is familiar with health and safety legislation in, for example, the construction sector. Fines imposed by that legislation create little or no deterrence against malpractice by...

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: It would be small change.

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: It may be current in the Cooley Peninsula.

Commissions of Investigation: Motions (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: His five years have concluded.

Commissions of Investigation: Motions (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I am speaking on behalf of my Labour Party colleague, Deputy Howlin, who would normally occupy this slot, just as the Minister of State is delivering a speech prepared for personal delivery by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, that wonderful oxymoronic departmental description that will disappear within eight weeks. The Minister of State has no responsibility for this speech,...

Commissions of Investigation: Motions (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: What rate of interest is the public private partnership paying?

Commissions of Investigation: Motions (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: The current borrowing rate the State can get is on a par with the European lending level. The rip-off of the public private partnership procurement system is not in the quality of the project management. It is not in the planning process or the value-for-money elements of the contract. It is in the rip-off for no risk because there is no market for prisons. There is no private sector...

Public Holidays. (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish workers have fewer public holidays than workers in most EU countries; if he will increase the number of public holidays from nine to 11 in order to bring workers here up to the EU average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15644/07]