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Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Bruton: ...and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 4(7)) (Membership of Council) Regulations 2015; No. 6, Marriage Bill 2015 - Second Stage (resumed); No. 48, Public Transport Bill 2015 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 1, Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad] - Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders,...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: ...in specified circumstances to issue a warrant to an inspector appointed under this legislation. The warrant will permit a named inspector, accompanied by such other inspectors or members of the Garda Síochána as may be necessary, at any time or times within one month from the date of issue of the warrant, to enter a specified private dwelling for the purpose of ensuring...

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

Richard Bruton: ..., in specified circumstances, to issue a warrant to an inspector appointed under this legislation. The warrant will permit a named inspector, accompanied by such other inspectors or members of the Garda Síochána as may be necessary at any time or times within one month from the date of issue of the warrant, to enter a specified private dwelling for the purpose of ensuring...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Richard Bruton: ...to do the work that inspectors do. This power is essential to their normal everyday work. Subsection (2) provides that an inspector may in certain limited circumstances be accompanied by a Garda, but only where he or she deems it appropriate.If the party was under some sort of duress, he or she could ask to be accompanied by a garda. If the party was accompanied by a garda and the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Transport (20 Jan 2015)

Richard Bruton: Details of the Ministerial drivers costs as requested by the Deputy since 2011 are as set out below in tabular format. As the costs of the salaries and allowances of Garda drivers under the scheme previously in place were paid by the Department of Justice my Department does not have those details and I, therefore, cannot provide a comparison of the cost of the two schemes. I will ask my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Resourcing: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...all of which material had been released to the relevant authorities - the Revenue Commissioners, the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE, the Moriarty and Mahon tribunals, and the Garda Síochána. All of the evidence had been released but the witness statement had to be assessed to see whether it could be released under the terms of the Companies Acts. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Resourcing: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Richard Bruton: The context has been outlined by officials. When this statement was presented to me, I took advice from the officials and it was decided that the witness statement should be issued to the Garda. It was pointed out very clearly that provisions were very particular and not, as the Deputy suggested, a case of bundling this up and sending it to the Garda. The Department can only release...

Companies Bill 2012: From the Seanad (10 Dec 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...exercise of its functions. It also identifies information obtained, pursuant to this Bill, that may be disclosed to State bodies and statutory authorities, such as the Minister for Finance, the Garda Síochána, etc. A breach of confidentiality of information committed by a person associated with the supervisory authority, such as staff, advisers, etc., is deemed to be a category...

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Data (25 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...Commissioners. The Revenue Commissioners issued a statement outlining the investigation they undertook in respect of various individuals under the Ansbacher accounts. They also went to the Garda, which issued a statement that it has dealt with these issues and a file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions. I assure the Deputy that the issues have been thoroughly passed on...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Criteria (20 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: A non EEA national who has been the holder of an employment permit and has been employed on foot of employment permits for an unbroken five year period may apply to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) for long term residency in the State. Section 20(2) of the Employment Permits Act 2006 (as amended), provides that:“an application for a renewal of an employment permit shall...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Transport (19 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...Holiday Pay and Extra Attendance Payments) and the mileage and subsistence costs of Ministers and their drivers. For the Deputy's information, my predecessor was provided with a Ministerial car and a Garda driver. The cost of the previous Ministerial transport scheme of Garda drivers and state cars were paid by the Department of Justice. I would point out that it was estimated in 2011...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Recruitment Agencies (4 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...a person of good character and repute and this verified by means of two independent references vouching for the good character of the applicant. An applicant is also subject to a vetting report from An Garda Síochána confirming that there is nothing in their records that would render the applicant unsuitable to hold an employment agency licence. An employment agency which has...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies (30 Sep 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...; Referring cases to the Director of Public Prosecutions for prosecution on indictment; and Exercising a supervisory role over the activities of liquidators and receivers. At the end of 2013 staffing was 42.9 whole-time equivalents, of which 6.6 are members of An Garda Síochána seconded to the Office. Companies Registration Office (CRO) The Companies Registration Office...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I can check out the situation in regard to joint inspections. The section provides clarity to applicants on the role of the Garda National Immigration Bureau in the employment permit application process but also speeds up the decision-making process. This is because, under section 6(f) of the current Act, all applications for employment permits must include information and documents in...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...2006 to allow for the issue of notices or documents by ordinary prepaid post instead of registered prepaid post. Section 32 amends section 37 of the Act of 2006 to provide for the sharing of information with the Garda Síochána. Section 33 amends Schedule 1 to the Act of 2006 to update references to various employment enactments that are relevant in the context of prosecutions...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...the purpose of the efficient and effective administration of this Act, prescribe an area (which area may consist of the whole or any part of the State) to be a registration district. (2) The Minister may by order appoint a person, being—(a) a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of Superintendent, or (b) an officer of the Minister, not below the rank of...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: .... From the State's point of view, this measure will save money without in any way eroding the rights of those seeking a judicial review. It is a good and sensible measure, which will help put gardaí back on the street, thereby saving money. The judicial system has become terribly tangled up. That more than half of cases arise from judicial reviews in this area illustrates the need...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...Justice and Equality also wishes to provide for a number of technical changes to the Immigration Act 2004. These are to provide for the transfer of the immigration registration function from An Garda Síochána to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service; the removal of the exemption from registration for persons under 16 years of age; and changes to section 14 of the Act...

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...information or as regards information of a particular class or description, and (b) submissions of a commercially sensitive nature made by any other person; ‘public body’ means— (a) a Department of State, (b) the Garda Síochána, (c) the Permanent Defence Force within the meaning of the Defence Act 1954, (d) a local authority within the meaning of the...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (27 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...the issue of notices or documents by ordinary prepaid post instead of registered prepaid post. Section 30 amends section 37 of the Act of 2006 to provide for the sharing of information with the Garda Síochána that the Minister holds in addition to those already specified in the section. Part 4 of the Bill makes an amendment to the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, repeals a number...