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- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 8:In page 16, lines 29 to 31, to delete all words from and including “and” in line 29 down to and including “discretion” in line 31.
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 9:In page 17, line 34, after “conditions” to insert “of service”.
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 10:In page 22, line 34, to delete “Every” and substitute “Subject to subsection (2), every”.These amendments pertain to clarifying ministerial responsibilities for pensions. The existing section 25 provides for the Minister to become responsible for the existing superannuation schemes of the dissolved body. A new subsection (2) is to be...
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 11:In page 22, lines 36 to 38, to delete all words from and including “who” in line 36 down to and including “dissolution” in line 38.
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 12:In page 22, after line 38, to insert the following:“(2) Subsection (1)shall not apply in relation to a provision of a scheme or arrangement in relation to superannuation in respect of which the consent or approval of the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform or any other Minister of the Government was required by or under any...
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 13:In page 22, after line 38, to insert the following:“Administration of superannuation scheme or arrangement by relevant body on behalf of Minister 26. (1) The Minister may, for the purposes of this section, designate in writing a superannuation scheme or arrangement (in this section referred to as a “designated scheme or arrangement”) referred to...
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 14:In page 25, line 22, after “conditions” to insert “of service”.
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: Now.
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I wish to take this opportunity to thank Deputy Calleary and the select committee for its co-operation in the passage of the Bill. It is an important reform of which, while on the benches opposite, I was always a keen advocate. The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation requires an internal policy capability and this measure will facilitate the development of that. I believe it will...
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I assure the Deputy that is not the Government's intention. Indeed, it is maintaining the National Competitiveness Council as an independent group, comprised largely of representatives from the private sector and other social partners, to ensure, if one will, the honesty of the Department in respect of its policy work.
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Order for Report Stage (9 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, line 7, to delete "of Ireland".This is a drafting amendment to remove "of Ireland" from the title of the Health and Safety Authority.
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 2:In page 9, lines 26 to 28, to delete all words from and including "in" where it secondly occurs in line 26 down to and including "superannuation" in line 28 and substitute the following:"upon and subject to such terms and conditions as are not less favourable to him or her than the terms and conditions in relation to the grant of such benefits under the superannuation...
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I can certainly confirm that there is no diminution of pension entitlements. This is categorically the case. The pension scheme is pay-as-you-go and therefore is not a funded scheme. There is no issue with regard to funding.
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory Bodies (9 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I have no plans to set up a body for the purpose suggested by the Deputy. The quality of goods, including furniture, is regulated in the first instance by the Sale of Goods Acts 1893 and 1980. Among other things, the Acts require goods to be of "merchantable quality", namely that "they are as fit for the purpose or purposes for which goods of that kind are commonly bought and as durable as...
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Horizon 2020 Strategy Implementation (9 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: Horizon 2020 is the EU's programme for research and innovation with a budget of just under €80 billion and covering the period 2014 to 2020. Horizon 2020 is a core part of Europe 2020, the Innovation Union and the European Research Area and is responding to the economic crisis by investing in future jobs and growth, addressing people's concerns about their livelihoods, safety and...
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I am not in a position to elaborate on it. I presume it is to update the legislation on legally held firearms. It is important to ensure legally held firearms are held by those who treat them responsibly. That is a factor in the Minister's thinking, but I will have to get back to the Deputy with a specific timescale.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: To be fair to the Minister, in the past few years there has been a reduction in crime involving the use of firearms. Considerable progress is being made by him and the Garda Síochána in dealing with such offences.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I share the view of the Deputy that the Constitutional Convention has been a remarkable success. It was a success for the politicians and non-politicians who had participated in it and it was a very good formula. The fourth report will be brought before the House shortly.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2014)
Richard Bruton: I am not in a position to comment on SI 484 of 2013 and will have to get back to the Deputy on it. I am not sure it has the far-reaching powers the Deputy hopes it has, but I will get back to him on it.