Results 61-80 of 1,150 for speaker:Frank Fahey

Seanad: Unclaimed Life Assurance Policies Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (12 Feb 2003)

Frank Fahey: All I simply said was that it would be inappropriate for the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to make regulations in relation to the taxes and administrative charges.

Seanad: Unclaimed Life Assurance Policies Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (12 Feb 2003)

Frank Fahey: It is simply the policy for disbursement.

Seanad: Unclaimed Life Assurance Policies Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (12 Feb 2003)

Frank Fahey: It is only for the actual disbursement of the funds. As I said, he has no involvement in administrative or taxation matters. The Minister for Community, Gaeltacht and Rural Affairs has the policy responsibility for the disbursement of the funds which will be done under his agency.

Seanad: Unclaimed Life Assurance Policies Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (12 Feb 2003)

Frank Fahey: As I said, he can make a change in regulations but he must do it in consultation with the Minister for Finance. His primary responsibility is for the disbursement, from a consumer point of view, of the funds.

Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - Company Closures. (12 Feb 2003)

Frank Fahey: I thank the Senator for raising this matter on the Adjournment. I am aware of the sudden closure of the company in question which came about on Friday and, as the Senator said, without prior notice. Shannon Development, the industrial development agency with responsibility for the company in the mid-west region, immediately advised the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. This was...

Seanad: Unclaimed Life Assurance Policies Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages. (13 Feb 2003)

Frank Fahey: I apologise for my late arrival. Section 17 provides that the certificate of compliance will be signed off by a duly authorised officer of the institution and state the register of unclaimed policies has been properly maintained. The register will contain a great deal of detail about the institution's unclaimed policies, for example, the dates on which notices were sent to policyholders, the...

Seanad: Unclaimed Life Assurance Policies Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages. (13 Feb 2003)

Frank Fahey: I thank all the Senators who have contributed to this interesting debate, in which many pertinent issues were raised. The debate in this House has contributed to this excellent legislation. For far too long policies and accounts which have lain dormant have been of no benefit to anybody other than the insurance companies in which they are held. The companies concerned will now divest...

Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - National Development Plan. (27 Feb 2003)

Frank Fahey: I thank the Senator for raising this matter on the Adjournment. Government investment in research, technological development and innovation, RTDI, is central to the national development plan strategy of building new sources of competitive advantage for indigenous companies, of embedding multinational companies, moving industry up the value chain and building a world-class, knowledge-driven...

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)

Frank Fahey: Those things are not affected.

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)

Frank Fahey: The example the Senator gave, of the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Health and Children, is not affected.

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)

Frank Fahey: It does not involve a Government decision.

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)

Frank Fahey: On a point of information, the example given by the Senator is not affected by this legislation.

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)

Frank Fahey: It is always a pleasure.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (1 Apr 2003)

Frank Fahey: This section provides that a non-national may not take up or be in employment in the State in the absence of a permit issued by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. It creates offences for non-compliance by an employer or an employee and provides for penalties where such an offence occurs. It also sets out the categories for non-nationals to which the requirement for an...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (1 Apr 2003)

Frank Fahey: This is a drafting amendment containing a deletion to the present text as section 2(1) provides that an employment permit is an employment permit granted by the Minister. The term "employment permit" does not need to be further qualified in subsection (2) of that section.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (1 Apr 2003)

Frank Fahey: The amendment is opposed because its effect would be to treat as only a minor offence every instance where an employer engaged the services of a non-national in breach of employment permit regulations or requirements. The purpose behind the provision penalising employers is to correct the legal imbalance that currently exists between the employer and the employee when it comes to the law on...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (1 Apr 2003)

Frank Fahey: This is a drafting amendment as the word "hereby" is considered to be superfluous. Amendment agreed to. Section 2, as amended, agreed to. SECTION 3.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (1 Apr 2003)

Frank Fahey: These amendments are opposed. The Bill has been drafted based on the conditions of the treaty of accession, which has not yet been signed, and the powers it confers on member states to implement their own national measures and legislation to deal with labour market access once accession takes place. When it has been ratified by all of the relevant countries, this State will have to pass an...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (1 Apr 2003)

Frank Fahey: The amendment is opposed. The treaty of accession negotiated between the current EU member states and the ten countries that are due to accede to the European Union in 2004 provides that member states shall apply their own national measures regarding labour market access for at least the first two years following accession in respect of the nationals of eight of these countries, namely, the...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (1 Apr 2003)

Frank Fahey: This amendment is opposed. Subsection (6) provides that "disturbance" shall be construed in accordance with the treaty of accession. Annex 6 of the treaty of accession provides for the possibility, up to the end of the seventh year following accession, of labour market access being suspended when a member state undergoes or foresees disturbances in its labour market which could seriously...