Results 28,961-28,980 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the recent call from the chief executive of the chambers of commerce for the introduction of savage penalties to deter companies from underpaying foreign workers and a more rigorous enforcement of non-national worker rights; his response to the call; if he will undertake any review of the...
- Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in regard to discussions between the labour inspectorate and a company (details supplied) regarding the treatment of a person who had been employed as a beautician on a vessel at a rate of â¬1 per hour, having been recruited through a foreign based employment agency; the steps he intends to take to prevent...
- Health and Safety Regulations. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: What was the legal impediment to enacting these regulations under the old Act, as originally intended and notified to the House? Presumably the parliamentary adviser who made such notification had no difficulty with that legal process. Does the Minister of State share my deep concern at the dramatic increase in fatalities in the workplace, given that nine people were killed in the...
- Health and Safety Regulations. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Will the Minister of State answer the questions I posed? What was the impediment to the original notification his predecessor made to the House that the regulations would be enacted 18 months ago under the previous Act? Why have 18 months been wasted in putting the regulations in place, with a back-drop of terrible carnage in the workplace? When will the additional inspectors be in place to...
- Health and Safety Regulations. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: This is what is happening. The Minister of State's predecessor said 18 months ago that the regulations would be put in place under the old Act. Is there a legal impediment to doing that and, if so, what is it?
- Health and Safety Regulations. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: They should have been added on.
- Health and Safety Regulations. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: That is factually incorrect. There were 2,000 fewer inspections in 2004. When will the additional inspectors be in place?
- Health and Safety Regulations. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: On a point of order, the Minister of State indicated the number of inspections increased. However, the number reduced from 7,168 in 2003 to 5,160 last year, a decrease of approximately 2,000.
- Consumer Strategy Group Report. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government's views on the recently published report of the consumer strategy group; the reason he has decided to embark on another consultation process in regard to below-cost selling; when this process will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18119/05]
- Consumer Strategy Group Report. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: It is probably well funded as well.
- Consumer Strategy Group Report. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: We now know the views of virtually everyone in the country, except the Minister, on the groceries order. We know the views of the Oireachtas committee, Opposition Deputies who spoke on it and the consumer strategy group. We have not, however, heard the views of the Minister who has responsibility for this matter. Does the Minister accept that he has garnered for himself in a number of...
- Consumer Strategy Group Report. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister should speak his mind.
- Consumer Strategy Group Report. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Can we have the Minister's opinion now?
- Consumer Strategy Group Report. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Does the Minister have a view?
- Consumer Strategy Group Report. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Deputy Hogan is right to say that there is a compromise brewing. Does the Minister accept that the groceries order involves a uniquely consumer perspective or does he accept that the order also involves other vital perspectives, such as good planning? Does the Minister agree with the consumer strategy group's recommendation that local authorities should interpret the retail planning...
- Consumer Strategy Group Report. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I am trying to elicit the Minister's view.
- Migrant Workers. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister mentioned that the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the convention. How did Ireland vote on that occasion?
- Migrant Workers. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Yes.
- Migrant Workers. (31 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: It is odd that just 22 countries have ratified the convention, given that it was passed by the UN General Assembly.
- Order of Business. (26 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: There is secondary legislation listed in today's Order Paper in the non-statutory section â the Sea Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation of Scallops) Regulations 2005, SI 245 of 2005. This statutory instrument will have a devastating effect on the fishermen who fish for scallops from Kilmore Quay, some of whom are facing penury as a result. The legislation is ordered in the...