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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Firearms and Ammunition Security (6 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194 to 196, inclusive, together. I am not aware of any proposals being submitted to my Department to establish a Proof House for firearms in Ireland. I understand that Proof Houses are normally only established in States where firearms are manufactured. In that context, I understand that Ireland does not have any firearms’ manufacturers. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Contracts (6 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Government approved the delegation of responsibility for implementation of the Construction Contracts Act 2013 to my colleague, the Minister of State for Business and Employment, Mr. Gerald Nash T.D., last November. I am informed that Minister Nash intends to appoint a Chairperson of the Ministerial Panel of Adjudicators, which is to be established under the Act, as soon as is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development (6 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: At the launch of the Regional Action plan for Jobs in February this year, the Government announced that an additional €150m over 5 years would be made available to IDA Ireland for a capital investment programme to help attract more multinational investment and jobs into each region. The programme will build on the recent investment by IDA Ireland in facilities in Athlone and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Grocery Sector Regulation (7 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: The programme for Government contains a commitment to regulate certain practices in the grocery goods sector and this will be met by way of enabling powers to regulate certain practices in the grocery goods sector. These powers are contained in the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014. On 22 December 2014, I issued a set of draft regulations for public consultation with a deadline...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (7 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Department does not advertise its annual Action Plan for Jobs, the first one of which was launched in February 2012, and each year since. This year, in response to a well-recognised demand for more information on Government supports for SMEs, the Department decided to run an awareness campaign to address this deficit. Following a tender process in the Official Journal of the European...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Appointments (7 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Government approved the delegation of responsibility for implementation of the Construction Contracts Act 2013 to my colleague, the Minister of State for Business and Employment, Deputy Gerald Nash., last November. I am informed that Minister Nash intends to appoint a Chairperson of the Ministerial Panel of Adjudicators, which is to be established under the Act, as soon as is...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: Before commencing, I will ask for Clerk's corrections. I would be obliged if, in accordance with Standing Order 140, the Acting Chairman would direct the Clerk to make the following minor drafting corrections to the text of the Bill, which are being done in the interests of textual clarity and correction of cross-references and do not affect any substantive amendment. Seanad amendment...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: This is a technical amendment that deals with the commencement arrangements that will apply post enactment. The purpose of amendment No. 1 is to clarify the fact that section 8(5) contains a specific commencement provision. In other words, there will be a general commencement date, but it will be subject to various repeal provisions only coming into force after the commencement of Part 4 on...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: These are amendments to the definitions section and are of a drafting and technical nature. They do not change in any way the substantive impact of the Bill. They are to have the correct references in the definitions section and only include a definition where an Act is mentioned more than once in the course of the legislation. Amendment No. 11 inserts an additional term in the...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: 7 o’clock To be of help to Deputy Colreavy, what we are doing is introducing a single Bill to provide for the Workplace Relations Commission. Rights across 24 primary Acts and 34 related specified Parts would be impacted by the new provisions. The complexity of this has required the picking up of a number of amendments. Some are purely stylistic amendments to make the final Act...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: These amendments, to section 3, are technical in nature and do not result in any substantive change to the Bill.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: These are technical amendments and do not result in any substantive change.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: These amendments are of a drafting and technical nature and do not result in any substantive change.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: This is also of a drafting and technical nature.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: Amendments Nos. 23 and 25, as with amendment No. 24, are technical amendments.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: This amendment is of a technical nature and changes "Companies Acts" to "Companies Acts or the Companies Act 2014. It is just clarification regarding the new consolidated Bill.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: Section 53 was inserted on Committee Stage in the Seanad. It makes it an offence to fail to pay an award of compensation in circumstances where the court has made an order so directing the person concerned. A person guilty of an offence under section 53 shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both. This arose in order...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: These are technical amendments. There is nothing of substance in them. They simply replace wording with more effective parliamentary language.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: Amendment No. 35 is a drafting amendment. It is just changing the word "decision" to "determination" because that is the proper description of a High Court conclusion in such a case.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: This amendment is necessary to clarify that with respect to codes of practice in the case of equality that the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission will develop the codes of conduct. There was some ambiguity in the original legislation. This will make it clear that is from where the codes will be derived in the case of equality.