Written answers

Tuesday, 28 March 2006

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Legislative Programme

11:00 pm

Photo of Arthur MorganArthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when new legislation to amend and update the Employment Agency Act 1971 will be published. [11791/06]

Photo of Tony KilleenTony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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As part of the Government's commitments under Sustaining Progress, in June 2005 the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment issued a White Paper on the review of the Employment Agency Act 1971. The deadline for submissions was 15 July 2005. The Department is currently finalising the heads of a Bill based on submissions received. This process will be completed by the end of June 2006, in further consultations with the various interests. Government approval will then be sought to have a Bill drafted by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Government. It is hoped to publish this Bill in the second half of 2006.

This Bill will, inter alia, propose a system of registration of employment agencies based in Ireland, supported by an industry regulatory code which will set out in detail, the practices and standards that employment agencies would be expected to follow. It may also be necessary to take account, first, of the potential impact of revised proposals from the European Commission on the draft EU services directive, which is expected to be published in April 2006, and, second, the free movement of persons, services and capital within the EU as laid down in the EU Treaty.

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