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Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Whoever they approached, this was what the quid pro quo was supposed to be. Is the Taoiseach now taking the position that as a result of the fact that we have taken the offer to bring in the levy, no changes to tax relief will be made and the present tax relief regime will stay in place? It was presented by the Taoiseach as a choice and he made the choice. Does this mean the tax relief...

Proposed Legislation (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he had discussions on the Duffy/Walsh report on reforming the wage setting mechanism; if he has agreed a common approach; when he intends to introduce and implement legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14986/11]

Proposed Legislation (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. Despite all the information he gave, he omitted one small item of information in which I am particularly interested, namely, when the legislation will be introduced into the House for implementation. The Minister is constantly making the point that this is vital to stem the haemorrhage of job losses in the sectors covered by joint labour...

Proposed Legislation (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: In reply to Deputy Tóibín, the Minister stated that the purpose of his reforms were twofold: to enable employers to create more jobs in these particular sectors and to prevent further job losses. The Minister stated in the public domain last weekend that this would apply only to new people, not to existing workers and that existing workers were already protected by contractual rights,...

Proposed Legislation (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: The flexibility will not apply to existing employees.

Copyright Protection (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I greatly welcome the Minister of State's reply. First, I must apologise as the question stated the judgment was given on 11 November 2010 rather than on 11 October 2010. Basically, this matter arose during the regime of the previous Government and when Mr. Justice Charleton handed down in that decision last October, representations were made to the then Minister, Mr. Batt O'Keeffe, but...

Copyright Protection (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I appreciate the Minister of State's response.

Employment Rights (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: As the Minister has said, the JLC system was put in place to cover situations where collective bargaining was not possible for one reason or another, for example, in areas where there was no union representation. How does the Minister envisage a system will work if JLCs are replaced with this principle of collective bargaining? Who will be doing the bargaining on behalf of the workers? How...

Employment Rights (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I understand the point the Minister is making. It would appear to me that the judgments to which he refers and in accordance with which he intends to change Irish law mean that collective bargaining will henceforth be defined as representation by an official trade union.

Employment Rights (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister could be forgiven for not reading that in the programme for Government.

Departmental Responsibilities (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the division of responsibilities between his Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to trade and if the appropriate arrangements have been carried out to bring this into effect. [14622/11]

Departmental Responsibilities (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I tabled the question to ascertain exactly how the scheme will work in practice. I am not being contentious, but from the Minister's reply my understanding is that the only involvement of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will be organising foreign trips, trade missions and conferences. Have any civil servants been transferred from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation...

Departmental Responsibilities (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: There are commitments in the programme for Government to set up an export trade council and a home to export programme. There is also a commitment to strengthen relations with emerging countries and perhaps the prospect of setting up some sort of scholarship scheme. Who will be responsible for those initiatives and when can we expect to see them?

Business Regulation (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for the extra information. My question asked whether he consulted with the Department of the Taoiseach on his proposals before he presented them to the social partners. I would like an answer to that. There is no reference in the Minister's proposals to a number of the more minor recommendations of the Duffy-Walsh committee, namely recommendation No. 5 in regard to the...

Business Regulation (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister stated it is not part of the Government's proposal to reduce pay rates in the relevant sectors. Does he not accept that if his proposals are accepted, wage reductions will be inevitable across these sectors? I have read the Duffy-Walsh report in detail and it clearly concludes there is only a marginal difference in wage rates between those employed in the JLC sector and...

Business Regulation (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister indicated in his reply that 2012 is the target, although it was supposed to be 31 December 2011. Will the Minister indicate whether that target date will be met? If not, when does he expect the 25% reduction to be finally achieved? Has his Department any estimate as to the actual savings to small business when that reduction is achieved?

Written Answers — Credit Guarantee Scheme: Credit Guarantee Scheme (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he expects the partial guarantee scheme to come into effect; the period to which it will apply; if it will be applicable generally or for specific sectors; and the estimated annual cost to the taxpayer. [14624/11]

Written Answers — Job Initiative: Job Initiative (9 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied that the measures taken to date by him to combat unemployment are adequate. [14988/11]

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: On promised legislation, last week the Government announced three referendums to be held in October. Does the Taoiseach envisage it will be possible to have the legislation for all three through the Oireachtas over the next four weeks, together with the other legislation that has to be processed?

Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I congratulate the Technical Group on tabling the motion which gives us the opportunity to debate this very important topic. Reference was made to a leaked IMF document. I point out that what the previous Government agreed with the EU-IMF is itself a public document. It was agreed between the EU-IMF on one side and the previous Government on the other that this matter would be studied,...