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Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages. (16 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 14: In page 12, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: "(10) Where a delay by an employee in presenting a complaint under this paragraph is due to any misrepresentation by the employer, subparagraph (4) shall be construed as if the reference to the date of the contravention were a reference to the date on which the misrepresentation came to the employee's notice.".

Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages. (16 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 15: In page 13, line 7, to delete "point" and substitute "question". This is a minor drafting amendment, proposed on the advice of the Parliamentary Counsel, to reflect the usual terminology applied where the Labour Court may refer a question of law, rather than the existing wording which is a point of law, to the High Court for its determination. Subsection (6) remains...

Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages. (16 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 16: In page 14, line 13, after "employee" to insert the following: "(or, in the case of an employee who has not reached the age of 18 years, the employee's parent or guardian with his or her consent)". As I mentioned earlier, section 6, inserting Schedule 1 of the Bill, contains a mechanism for complaints to a rights commissioner for employees who may have been threatened...

Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages. (16 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 17: In page 14, line 16, to delete "he or she" and substitute the following: "the employee or his or her parent or guardian, as the case may be,".

Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages. (16 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 18: In page 14, lines 20 and 21, to delete "his or her parent or guardian" and substitute the following: "the employee's parent or guardian with his or her consent".

Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages. (16 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 19: In page 14, line 37, to delete "his or her parent or guardian" and substitute the following: "the employee's parent or guardian with his or her consent".

Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages. (16 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 20: In page 15, to delete lines 5 and 6 and substitute the following: "on the compensation (at the rate per annum standing specified for the time being in section 26 of the Debtors (Ireland) Act 1840) for each day or part of a day". This is merely a technical amendment. As the Courts Act 1981 ultimately refers back to the Debtors (Ireland) Act 1840, this amendment...

Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages. (16 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 21: In page 16, to delete lines 32 to 44 and in page 17, to delete lines 1 to 33 and substitute the following: "6. (1) Where a confidential communication has been made to a confidential recipient, the recipient may disclose the identity of the confidential communicator to the Commissioner only if each one of the following provisions is complied with: (a) the...

Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages. (16 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Obviously, it is the employee's right to choose either.

Financial Stability Development in Ireland and Elsewhere: Statements (16 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Deputy Morgan could not be accused of telling a few fibs.

Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Order for Report Stage (16 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Order of Business (16 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: We have more important things to do than listen to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Payment of Fines: Payment of Fines (11 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I have written to the Deputy with the answer to his earlier question.

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (11 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wrote to the Deputy on the 11th of November 2009 providing the information sought in the earlier Question and I have arranged for a copy of that correspondence to be forwarded to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Garda Vetting: Garda Vetting (11 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides employment vetting for a large number of organisations in Ireland registered with the Gardaí for this purpose and which employ persons in a full-time, part-time, voluntary or training capacity to positions where they would have substantial, unsupervised access to children and/or vulnerable adults. The processing time for vetting applications...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (11 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the visa application referred to has been approved.

Written Answers — Garda Vetting: Garda Vetting (11 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda Authorities that a vetting application in respect of the person referred to was received by the Garda Central Vetting Unit. However, the application was incomplete and has been returned to the registered organisation for completion. Once a completed application is received by the Vetting Unit it will be processed accordingly.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (11 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question 956 on 29 September, 2010. The position remains as stated. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such...

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (11 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that any incidents of anti-social or criminal behaviour on public transport can be reported, in case of emergency, by telephone through the 112/999 emergency call system or directly to An Garda Síochána in person at any Garda station. Any such incidents reported will be dealt with appropriately. Information can also be provided to An Garda Síochána...

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (11 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment revoked the Restrictive Practices (Groceries) Order 1987 in March 2006, thereby removing price controls on alcohol products. In March 2009, the Government agreed to include alcohol in the National Substance Misuse Strategy and a Steering Group was subsequently established under the aegis of the Departments of Health and Children and...