Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 355: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consolidate the seventy pieces of employment legislation into a single Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25343/07]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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My priority is to secure the enactment of the Employment Law Compliance Bill 2007 and the Employment Agencies Regulation Bill 2007, so as to give effect to commitments for new legislation in Sections 11 to 16 and 21 of Part 2 of TOWARDS 2016 — 10 Year Framework Social Partnership Agreement 2006-2015. Work on preparing both Bills is advancing for their publication as quickly as possible.

I propose to follow-up with an Employment Law Consolidation Bill in 2008, to simplify and codify employment law spanning more than 40 years, pursuant to Section 16.3 of Part 2 of TOWARDS 2016. Preparatory work has already started on this.