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Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: This removes the obligation on employers to consult with both their employees and a safety representative. In some instances it will be sufficient and more efficient for the employer to consult only with the safety representatives. If he or she consults with the entire workforce, the safety representative is included in any event.

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: This is a technical amendment. The symbol should be for pounds rather than for euro because it refers to different legislation.

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: The reason for this amendment is that section 58 provides that the Minister must allow a period of at least 21 days for consultation before he or she signs new regulations. As a result, there will be periods between the commencement of the Bill and the bringing into force of the new regulations. This provision ensures the old regulations remain in force in that period.

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: These two amendments arise from advice from the Parliamentary Counsel. They are technical amendments but also necessary clarifications.

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: If the additional wording was not included in Seanad amendment No. 18, the Parliamentary Counsel was concerned that it would not be clear that the authority had the right to consider it appropriate to make this provision. It is similar in Seanad amendment No. 19 which will insert in page 59, subsection (4), line 25, after "section", "under section 33 of the Act of 1989". This concerns the...

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: This is a technical amendment that is required to re-align the paragraphs so that it is clear that subparagraphs (i) and (ii) apply to paragraphs (a) and (b) as well as (c).

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: I am not surprised to hear Deputy Morgan make that point.

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: This issue has been discussed at considerable length and I understand the position taken by Deputies on it.

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: Something like that.

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: This is a technical amendment. It refers to European Commission regulations which have come into force since the Bill was published and which it is now possible toinclude.

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: This involves deleting the word "board" and replacing it with the word "authority". It is a technical amendment to ensure consistency throughout the Schedule because the reference elsewhere is to "authority" rather than to "board".

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: I thank Members on all sides of the House for the tremendous amount of work they put into the Bill. I also thank the officials from the Department and the Health and Safety Authority and others, including the Members of the Seanad, who made a contribution.

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: The purpose of paragraph (b) of the definition of "employer" is to deal with informal employment arrangements. I refer, for example, to instances where an employer uses staff from another company for maintenance work or temporary purposes. In such circumstances, the employer using the staff from the other business is the person in control of the working environment. It is, therefore,...

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: Seanad amendments Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive, are technical in nature. Under some sections of the Bill — such as section 66(7), concerning an appeal against an improvement notice, or section 67(7) concerning an appeal against a prohibition notice — it will be necessary to prescribe the procedures and forms of order for cases in the District Court. These are matters that will be prescribed by...

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: As regards this amendment it is proposed to delete "for gain". In reviewing the Bill it came to light that there was a possible inconsistency between the use of the word "undertaking" in section 25, which uses the phrase, "whether carried on by him or her for profit or not" and the definition of "undertaking" in an earlier subsection of section 2. For that reason it is proposed to delete "for...

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: There is a possible inconsistency here as well, between the use of the word "undertaking" in section 25, which uses the very same phrases, as regards Seanad amendment No. 6. The Parliamentary Counsel's advice is the definition of "undertaking" should be amended in line with section 25.

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: It was pointed out in the Seanad that the Health Service Executive replaced the health boards since the Bill was published in June 2004. The HSE came into effect on 1 January 2005. It was pointed out by Senators O'Toole, Henry and others that the correct reference here should be to the Health Service Executive.

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: This is where an employee of another undertaking is engaged in work activities in an employer's undertaking. It provides that the employer shall take measures to ensure the employee's employer receives adequate information. Previously, the employer had been required to give the information to the employee which, quite clearly, would be impossible in some circumstances. It was agreed that this...

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: This is related to construction work. There were discussions on Committee and Report Stages in this House and subsequently in the Seanad. Arising mainly from discussions in this House, I introduced a new section 17, which addresses some of the difficulties that were pointed out at earlier stages. One of the concerns was that the responsibilities of people who commission construction projects...

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Tony Killeen: There are two questions about the regulations and when they might be in place. Considerable work has been done on the regulations. Originally it was intended to update the regulations under the previous legislation. However, since this Bill was close to being passed, it was felt it would be more appropriate to update them in the context of the new legislation. Some work has been done. There...