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Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (4 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions she has taken to protect workers against the effects of radon gas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12498/04]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (4 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department can expedite a decision in relation to the application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has resided here since 1974; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12508/04]

Proposed Legislation. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is still the Government's intention to introduce legislation to provide for a new offence of corporate killing as recommended by the Law Reform Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13801/04]

Proposed Legislation. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: I am more confused now on this saga. Last October the Law Reform Commission report recommended the creation of a new offence of corporate killing. The Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Fahey, welcomed it. At the time the Minister of State said it was his intention to establish in law an offence of statutory corporate killing which would be prosecuted on indictment, in essence, an...

Proposed Legislation. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the Minister's assertion that a new offence of corporate manslaughter will be created. However I must be cynical about timing. We have been promised this since the publication of the Law Reform Commission's report. We were promised it would be incorporated in the health and safety at work Bill. Now, many months later, after the promised publication date, we are informed that it will...

Proposed Legislation. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Will it be this year?

Social Partnership. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: They will all happen one day.

Social Partnership. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy was in a niche market.

Job Losses. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: If I had the figures I would not have asked the question.

Job Losses. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: I tabled this question to discover the Tánaiste's attitude to the decline now evident over a number of years in industrial employment. It is a very important issue, and I am taken aback by the apparent complacency the Tánaiste has shown. Does the Tánaiste accept that the proportion of people in industrial employment here will continue to decline? Does that ring alarm bells with her? Will...

National Irish Bank Investigations. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: My party tabled a question similar to this more than two months ago and received an answer that was virtually identical, except for the completion of the investigations under section 19. The three investigations under section 19 which were expected to be completed by mid-2004 are still ongoing. Does the Tánaiste agree there is a legitimate public expectation that the investigations will come...

National Irish Bank Investigations. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the establishment of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and will watch how it develops. What concerns me is bringing the inquiries already in train to a conclusion in a way that ensures there is public confidence that we have not only a legal framework but also a mechanism for enforcement. On the ancillary matter of costs, the subject of comments by the Minister for...

National Irish Bank Investigations. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: When will we see it?

Export Controls. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: The Tánaiste has announced that she intends to publish legislation on the matter. She established the Fitzpatrick review. I presume that is the report she is expecting. I understand that a previous report commissioned by the Minister warned that UK-based arms brokers may decide to locate in the Republic to facilitate the arms trade. A number of newspaper articles indicate that this country...

Export Controls. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Is there a commitment to introduce the primary legislation? Since the prime officials are otherwise engaged, will the Minister give an indicative timeframe for the legislation because it is of great concern to a number of people? What are the specific terms of reference of the phase two consultancy examination?

Price Displaying. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: This is an issue on which I do not see why there should be a delay. The Tánaiste announced in January that she would order dentists and doctors to display their prices, or at least that is what the headlines in the national newspapers in January said she would do. Yet there is now a complication. No more than any other service, why should there be a difficulty requiring these professions to...

Price Displaying. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: There is a phrase "talk is cheap". We agree we need transparency and a more competitive market in regard to professional services, but what will the Tánaiste do about it? Her announcement in January that she would make an order requiring dentists to display their prices was welcome but five months later, that order has not been signed. There is a tardiness there which must be addressed. When...

Price Displaying. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: That can vary too, as can the quality.

Price Displaying. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: That is a woman who does not drink pints.

Price Increases. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: By and large, I agree with the Tánaiste that information provided to the consumer is the best mechanism to ensure competition, but does she accept that there are occasions when a more direct intervention is required? If there is a clear example of exploitation of a special occasion and of a captive market in a confined geographical area, is there not a case, in those exceptional...