Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 676: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will establish a code of standards for recruitment agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2266/08]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy may be aware I am currently finalising proposals for an Employment Agency Regulation Bill which will modernise regulation of the employment agency sector and which will repeal and replace the Employment Agency Act 1971.

One of the features of this proposed Bill will be the establishment of a statutorily binding code of practice setting out standards of behaviour for employment agencies. The Bill will also provide for the establishment of a Monitoring and Advisory Committee representative of the Social Partners, the employment agency sector and Government Departments which will have the function, inter alia, of drawing up the code of practice for the sector.