Results 13,841-13,860 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan

Job Creation. (23 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: I am glad the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Michael Ahern, got back in the action as his colleague the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, was getting overburdened. I agree with the Minister of State on the timelag between when new jobs are announced and when they are created. Does he have a figure to indicate in accumulative terms the total...

Labour Inspectorate. (23 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: I think so, too. It helps to keep one's mouth shut.

Health and Safety Regulations. (23 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: I agree with the Minister of State that a new agency is not necessary. However, somebody must take responsibility. Currently, if a serious accident occurs in a public place, nobody can investigate it. A number of cases have come to the attention of the Health and Safety Authority that would originally have been thought not to be within its remit, including road accidents on stretches of road...

Health and Safety Regulations. (23 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: With all due respect to the Minister of State's remarks, the system certainly must be improved given that no agency takes responsibility for any accident in a public place. We have nothing so it must be improved. Some existing agency must take responsibility. I do not advocate a new agency. The Minister of State will remember the bus crash on the quays in Dublin where people were seriously...

Health and Safety Regulations. (23 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: That is not right.

Health and Safety Regulations. (23 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: Will the Minister of State give an undertaking to the House that when accidents take place in public areas, an agency will take responsibility for investigating them and dealing with these matters? Will he undertake that he will provide certainty on these matters in light of the concern about a major accident that may take place in a public place in future? We have a number of reports and...

Health and Safety Regulations. (23 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: The Minister of State might speak to him.

Health and Safety Regulations. (23 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: Will the Minister of State ask the Minister for Defence?

Priority Questions. (23 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: I tabled a question for priority on the wage agreement, Sustaining Progress, and the progress on the current round of talks. I was rather amazed to hear it was ruled out of order because the Minister had answered questions previously on the matter. I was looking for a progress report on the national pay talks.

Priority Questions. (23 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: Perhaps the Leas-Cheann Comhairle might bring it to the office's attention.

Priority Questions. (23 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: I did not expect I would need one when a question was answered previously on the same matter.

Priority Questions. (23 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: I will get another way.

Decentralisation Programme. (23 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the decentralisation of his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11389/06]

Decentralisation Programme. (23 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and acknowledge the progress that has been made in decentralisation to Carlow. I hope the transfer of the full complement of 312 posts promised will be able to be achieved in the construction phase and accommodated through that phase. On the movement of FÁS to Birr, notice of strike action has been served. Recently, there was a ballot of people...

Decentralisation Programme. (23 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: The Health and Safety Authority is coming to Thomastown in my constituency. There is a difficulty with the site, in terms of the planning process. There is a low level of interest in this case and I wonder how the Government will achieve the promised relocation of 110 posts to Thomastown in the second phase of the decentralisation process. One of the issues the Minister of State might take on...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (22 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will supply the full answer in respect of Question No. 435 of 7 March 2006 with particular reference to the matter relating to the details regarding the precise training of each worker that died arising from fatalities in the construction sector in 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11208/06]

Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages. (22 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: I made my position on the trigger mechanism clear when we discussed amendment No. 1. I have already explained it and it is set out again in these amendments. I am happy to hear what the Minister of State has to say.

Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages. (22 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: I have received correspondence from the office of the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, regarding this matter. I expressed concern about this section in the hope that there would not be frivolous complaints by a small number of people which would trigger off unnecessary activity and perhaps damage the cohesion of the employer-employee relationship. The Minister of State has indicated to me...

Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages. (22 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 39: In page 14, to delete lines 16 to 18 and substitute the following: "(a) recourse to the internal dispute resolution procedure (if any), used by the parties concerned and provided for in any agreement under sections 8, 9, 11 or 13, has failed to resolve the dispute, and". This amendment is designed to ensure that all the internal mechanisms are utilised first, before...

Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages. (22 Mar 2006)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 49: In page 23, line 39, before "may" to insert the following: ", where recourse to the internal dispute resolution procedure (if any) usually used by the parties concerned has failed to resolve the dispute,". The case I have made has already been addressed by the Minister in the context of another amendment so I am happy to withdraw the amendment.