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Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (5 Apr 2007)

Tony Killeen: FAS in cooperation with other State agencies provide support and assistance for persons being made redundant. This includes, information sessions, skills analysis, training/retraining courses and job placement. One to one guidance interviews are also available which help to provide an individual response to the needs of each worker. A budget of approximately €445 million has been allocated...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (5 Apr 2007)

Tony Killeen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 324 to 326, inclusive, together. The Health and Safety Authority is an independent statutory body which is charged with the inspection and enforcement of occupational safety, health and welfare standards under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. I understand that the Health and Safety Authority received a complaint which alleged that a rock bund...

Written Answers — Labour Inspectors: Labour Inspectors (5 Apr 2007)

Tony Killeen: The number of Labour Inspectors will be progressively increased from 31 at present (two of whom are on extended leave) to 90 by end-2007 with the expectation that assignments will be made from the second quarter of 2007. An additional 7 new inspectors will take up appointment on the 16th April. The necessary arrangements and selection processes for the remainder are being progressed at...

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Tony Killeen: The first grouping deals with amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive; 10; 12 to 19, inclusive; 22 and 23; 30 to 35, inclusive; 41 to 45, inclusive; and 51. These are technical drafting amendments proposed on the advice of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in order to remove possible legal uncertainty, ensure consistency between different sections of the Bill, or correct grammatical or...

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Tony Killeen: The second group of amendments amends the Central Bank Act 1942 to make the enforcement of the unfair commercial practices provisions of the Bill a statutory function of the bank and the consumer director of the financial regulator in the case of regulated financial service providers. The amendments provide the regulator with the necessary powers of investigation regarding breaches of the...

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Tony Killeen: We just dealt with group 2.

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Tony Killeen: I do not think so.

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Tony Killeen: These amendments involve changes to various provisions in Part 2 dealing with the National Consumer Agency. Amendments Nos. 5 and 48 involve new provisions dealing with the agency's role in promoting quality assurance schemes. They arose from an amendment proposed by Senator Coghlan that had merit and that the Minister, Deputy Martin, undertook to consider. Amendments Nos. 6 and 7 concern...

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Tony Killeen: The amendments in group 4 introduce new provisions concerning no discrimination and transparency in terms of the method chosen by customers to pay for goods and services. The introduction arose from an amendment proposed by Senator Cox on Committee Stage, which the House will recall the Minister undertook to consider. The principal new provision in the amendments prohibits traders from...

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Tony Killeen: Senator Cox's point relates to the new section 49, which is being provided in amendment No. 27. The import of the section is that traders who accept payments by one method only would not have been captured by the new section 48 which seeks to equalise the methods of payment. The new section 49 imposes an obligation on the trader to be transparent in respect of payments. For example, if...

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Tony Killeen: This is a substantive amendment to Part 3 not relating to the payment method provisions already discussed. This amendment is a reworking of an amendment tabled by Deputy Hogan to section 57 of the Bill as passed by the Seanad. It supplements the requirement on grocery retailers under the section to allow any person purchasing a non-prepacked food product to weigh the product or observe its...

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Tony Killeen: Amendment no. 37 is the only substantive amendment to Part 5 that is not one of the amendments relating to payment methods and the Financial Regulator which have already been discussed. It seeks to close off a possible loophole that might have enabled traders to evade the obligation on them under section 66 of the Bill, as passed by the Seanad, to establish the truth of a factual claim in an...

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Tony Killeen: Amendments Nos. 47 and 50 introduce new provisions in the area of product safety. They will make it an offence to distribute, sell, offer for sale or supply a product that is the subject of a direction by the agency prohibiting the placing of that product on the market, requiring the withdrawal of the product from the market or imposing other restrictions on placing the product on the...

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Tony Killeen: On behalf of the Minister, Deputy Martin, and on my own behalf, I thank Senators for their co-operation and support in passing this legislation. I also thank the staff of the Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel and the Office of the Attorney General who did a huge amount of work in this regard. I compliment the staff of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (3 Apr 2007)

Tony Killeen: The Health and Safety Authority in 2006, as part of its ongoing day-to-day operations, promoted the occupational safety, health and welfare management system and the audit tool for the health sector, which was developed in partnership with that sector. During 2006 the Authority carried out inspections concentrating on health and safety management in the health services sector, following up...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Mar 2007)

Tony Killeen: As indicated in previous replies to PQ 9319/07 dated 8th March 2007, and PQ 3052/07 of 31st January 2007, there is no record of a redundancy claim or appeal having been received in the Redundancy Section of this Department in respect of the person concerned. However, if the Deputy has evidence to the contrary I will be happy to have the matter checked out on behalf of the individual...

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Tony Killeen: I apologise to Members for having raced through my introductory speech in order to ensure that everybody had an opportunity to speak.

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Tony Killeen: I will try to address the points because they are important. I may have to return to Deputies at a later stage in some cases.

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Tony Killeen: Deputy Hogan and everybody else raised the issue of Irish Ferries and the new challenges faced by this country and the economy concerning the devaluation of jobs. I will deal with this issue in more detail when I address the points raised by Deputy Quinn which are very specific. Deputy Hogan and others also raised the question of the loyalty of the workers of Irish Ferries. It appears that...

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Tony Killeen: That is a fair point. I will give careful consideration to some of the amendments to which I refer.