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Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (19 Jun 2008)

Billy Kelleher: I am concerned at the level of fatalities in the transport and storage sector. The Health and Safety Authority, which shares my concerns, continues to work with this sector to reduce accident rates and improve the health and safety of all those involved. The number of workers who have died in the transport and storage sector in accidents involving vehicles in and around workplaces was —...

Written Answers — Wage Differentials: Wage Differentials (19 Jun 2008)

Billy Kelleher: Data from the CSO quarterly industrial survey shows that average industrial earnings per hour for male industrial workers on adult rates in June 2007 was €16.62. For female industrial workers the average rate was €12.73. From the CSO National Employment Survey for March 2006, average hourly earnings were €20.59 for males and €18.22 for females. These latter figures cover the entire...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (19 Jun 2008)

Billy Kelleher: Mr. Juan Somavia, Director General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), in his keynote address on 9 June 2008, referred to the building of a global social floor as one of the four strategic objectives of the ILO through which the Decent Work Agenda is expressed. As the ILO Director General acknowledged, building a global social floor could be done in a step-by-step way according...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (19 Jun 2008)

Billy Kelleher: I propose to take Questions Nos. 75 and 115 together. Ireland ratified the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention 1948 (No. 87) and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention 1949 (No. 98) on 4 June 1955. Ireland only ratifies those ILO Conventions which are in conformity with our existing national law and practice. To that extent, in...

Written Answers — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (19 Jun 2008)

Billy Kelleher: Industrial relations are the relations between employers and their workers. The resolution of industrial disputes is a matter for the parties to the dispute. In the case of the company referred to by the Deputy, I understand that the principal method of regulating industrial relations is collective bargaining i.e. the company engages in direct negotiation with the representatives of the...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Billy Kelleher: Nirvana or mañana.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Billy Kelleher: It is carcinogenic.

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (26 Jun 2008)

Billy Kelleher: An employee's share scheme is essentially a matter for agreement between the employer and his employee. It is not an employment right or a statutory entitlement. Accordingly there is no legislation in place governing this. I understand that the company involved in this case has changed hands on a number of occasions in recent years. It is a possibility that any share scheme in existence has...

Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Billy Kelleher: Deputy Bruton sold it for £1.

Chemicals Bill 2008: Order for Report Stage (1 Jul 2008)

Billy Kelleher: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Chemicals Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2008)

Billy Kelleher: I move amendment No. 1: In page 8, line 33, to delete "service by such means;" and substitute the following: "service by such means, provided that there is a facility for confirming receipt of electronic communication and that such receipt has been confirmed;". Amendment No. 1, relating to the service of notice by electronic means, responds to the outcome of discussions on the amendment...

Chemicals Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2008)

Billy Kelleher: I move amendment No. 3: In page 9, line 34, after "chemicals," to insert "and". These are technical amendments to section 5(3)(b)(i) and section 5(3)(b)(ii) and they include the word "and" at the end of subparagraph (i), which was inadvertently excluded in the Government amendment accepted on Committee Stage, and delete the word "and" after subparagraph (ii), which was inadvertently included.

Chemicals Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2008)

Billy Kelleher: I move amendment No. 4: In page 9, line 38, to delete "and".

Chemicals Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2008)

Billy Kelleher: I move amendment No. 5: In page 12, line 10, after "shall" to insert "publish on the internet and". Amendment No. 5 responds to the outcome of the discussion on the amendment tabled by Deputy Penrose on Committee Stage and meets the principle of amendment No. 6, also tabled by the Deputy. It provides that any codes of practice published or approved by the Health and Safety Authority be...

Chemicals Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2008)

Billy Kelleher: The Deputy was doing his homework. I did not say there was no other legislation but pointed out the advice we received, that is, that these amendments are not necessary because the law relating to privilege exits in any case and because section 21 on evidence in proceedings, which was introduced by the Government on Committee Stage, provides in subsection (3) for any necessary reassurances...

Chemicals Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2008)

Billy Kelleher: I try to accommodate Members in every way possible. We asked the Parliamentary Counsel to reconsider this matter and it gave quite specific advice that the amendment should be rejected on the grounds I have outlined. If I included the provision in this Bill, it could undermine other Acts. Section 21(3) provides the necessary protections sought by the Deputy. I know the Deputy feels...

Chemicals Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2008)

Billy Kelleher: I move amendment No. 8: In page 27, line 9, to delete "may compile a list" and substitute "shall, each year, compile lists". The proposed Government amendments respond to the outcome of the discussions in the amendment tabled by Deputy Varadkar on Committee Stage. The effect of the amendments would be to place an obligation on the Health and Safety Authority to publish the names of the...

Chemicals Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2008)

Billy Kelleher: I move amendment No. 9: In page 27, to delete lines 18 to 20 and substitute the following: "(2) The Authority shall, each year, cause any list referred to in subsection (1)(a) and (c) to be published in such manner as it considers appropriate. (3) The Authority may, each year, cause any list referred to in subsection (1)(b) to be published in such manner as it considers appropriate.".

Chemicals Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2008)

Billy Kelleher: I move amendment No. 10: In page 27, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: "26.—(1) An employer shall not penalise an employee for having formed an opinion of the kind referred to in section 25 and communicated it, whether in writing or otherwise, to a national authority if the employee has acted reasonably and in good faith in forming that opinion and communicating it to the...

Chemicals Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2008)

Billy Kelleher: First, I thank the Deputies opposite for their contributions on Committee Stage. As I noted, the Government tried to facilitate their proposed amendments in every way possible. This Bill primarily is to ensure the implementation of the REACH directive. I also thank the departmental officials, who worked long and hard on this legislation. When it is enacted it should address many issues...