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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: Currently no protocol exists between DJEI and Údarás na Gaeltachta regarding the work of and supports provided by Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) in Gaeltacht areas. When the County Enterprise Boards were dissolved in April 2014 their functions, assets & liabilities transferred under primary legislation to Enterprise Ireland, with the functions being carried out through the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Semi-State Bodies Dividends (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that none of the bodies under the aegis of my Department are commercial semi State companies.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Process (2 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Government are committed to the earliest possible implementation of the Construction Contracts Act, 2013 and, as a consequence, approved the delegation of responsibility for its implementation to my colleague, the Minister of State for Business and Employment, Mr. Gerald Nash T.D., last November. Work is continuing on the preparations for the full implementation of the Act, as the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Land Swaps (2 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: IDA holds two landbanks in Clonakilty, in the townlands of Clogheen and Miles. The balance of IDA lands in both holdings are 0.29 hectares in Clogheen and 0.85 hectares in Miles. Both of these land banks are currently under contract for transfer to Cork County Council. The company referred to by the Deputy acquired two sites from the IDA in Clonakilty, an 0.36 hectare site in Clogheen...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (2 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: The EU Commission is currently considering some ideas for reforming the investor state dispute settlement arbitration system, following the public consultation on investor protection in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. One of those areas it is considering is the relationship between domestic legal systems and investor state dispute settlement. In order to address the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Food Safety Standards (2 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: The EU Commission has consistently stated that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will not force the EU to change its rules on hormone treated meat. The EU will keep its restrictions on hormones and growth promoters in livestock farming. This means that no product will be allowed in the EU market that does not comply with the EU’s high standards.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: The LEOs are the first-stop-shop for those beginning a new business as well as those wishing to expand their existing one. The LEOs provide financial and non-financial supports to help micro and small businesses to expand their growth potential. To qualify for receipt of direct financial support from a LEO a company applying must have ten or less employees. However, this criteria does not...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: Amendment No. 1 inserts an additional term into the interpretation section of the Bill. The term "excepted body" is standard in the Industrial Relations Acts. For the avoidance of doubt, the amendment clarifies that the term "excepted body" used in the Bill has the same meaning as in the Trade Union Act 1941. Amendment No. 21 is of a drafting and technical nature and provides for the...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 are of a drafting and technical nature and do not result in any substantive change in the Bill. Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 are also of a drafting and technical nature and, equally, do not result in any substantive change in the Bill. Are we also discussing amendments Nos. 6 to 8, inclusive?

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: Okay, I am sorry.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: As I said, are technical amendments. They do not result in any substantive change in the Bill.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: These amendments also are drafting and technical in nature and do not result in any substantive change in the Bill.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: This, too, is a technical amendment which does not result in a substantive change in the Bill.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: This is a technical amendment.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: This, too, is a technical amendment. I should explain to Senators the reason for this. This is complex legislation. Some 30 separate Acts are being co-ordinated in this new procedure, which is why a lot of technical amendments have emerged during the course of drafting from the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: This is a drafting and technical amendment.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: Amendment No. 13 is not appropriate or necessary, as the issue of the address at which an employer or respondent is deemed to be ordinarily resident is dealt with comprehensively in the Bill by means of a standard provision in legislation which has stood the test of time. What Senator David Cullinane may be hoping to achieve may have more to do with distinguishing the legal entity from the...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: Amendment No. 14 is of a technical nature and does not result in any substantive change in the Bill.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: Section 53 was inserted on Committee Stage in the Seanad. The section makes it an offence to fail to pay an award of compensation in circumstances where the court has made an order so directing the person concerned. The person guilty of an offence under section 53 shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: Amendments Nos. 18 and 19 are of a drafting and technical nature. They make no substantive change to the section. The amendments simply highlight the existing division in Schedule 2 between the provisions of primary legislation, Part 1, that will be repealed and the provisions of secondary legislation, Part 2, which will be revoked on the enactment of the Bill.