Written answers
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Industrial Relations
10:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the organisations in possession of a negotiating licence under the Trade Union Act 1975; the membership of each such organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8437/09]
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the table. The table is compiled from information provided, pursuant to section 20 of the Industrial Relations Act 1990, by trade unions that hold negotiation licences. Details of membership for the year ended 31 December 2008 are not yet available.
| Name | Membership as at 31/12/2007 |
| Association of Higher Civil & Public Servants | 3,300 |
| Association of Irish Traditional Musicians | 170 |
| Association of Professional Officers | not available |
| Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland | 17,031 |
| Bakers, Food & Allied Workers' Union | 491 |
| Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph & Theatre Union | 48 |
| Building & Allied Trades Union | 10,679 |
| Civil & Public Services Union | 13,755 |
| Communications Workers' Union | 16,686 |
| Construction Industry Federation | 2,439 |
| Cork Master Butchers Association | 13 |
| Dairy Executives' Association | 780 |
| Electricity Supply Board Officers Association | 1,890 |
| Guinness Staff Union | 1,266 |
| Independent Workers Union | 1,326 |
| Irish Bank Officials Association | 20,169 |
| Irish Business & Employers Confederation | 3,379 |
| Irish Commercial Horticultural Association | 309 |
| Irish Federation of University Teachers | 1,742 |
| Irish Hotels Federation | 958 |
| Irish Medical Organisation | 6,037 |
| Irish Municipal, Public & Civil Trade Union | 57,522 |
| Irish National Teachers Organisation | 29,645 |
| Irish Nurses Organisation | 34,550 |
| Irish Pharmaceutical Union | 1,703 |
| Irish Postmasters' Union | 1,031 |
| Irish Printing Federation | 35 |
| Licensed Vintners Association | 724 |
| Mandate — The Union of Retail, Bar & Administrative Workers | 44,210 |
| Medical Laboratory Scientists Association | 1,935 |
| National Bus & Rail Union | 3,646 |
| National League of The Blind of Ireland | 133 |
| National Taxi Drivers Union | 2,210 |
| National Union of Journalists | 3,056 |
| National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers | not available |
| National Union of Sheet Metal Workers of Ireland | 996 |
| Operative Plasterers & Allied Trades Society of Ireland | 4,115 |
| Prison Officers Association | 3,309 |
| Psychiatric Nurses Association of Ireland | 6,465 |
| Public Service Executive Union | 10,029 |
| The Regional Newspapers & Printers Association of Ireland | 37 |
| Sales, Marketing & Administrative Union of Ireland | 600 |
| Seamen's Union of Ireland | not available |
| Services, Industrial, Professional & Technical Union | 291,297 |
| The Society of The Irish Motor Industry | 1,651 |
| Teachers' Union of Ireland | 13,617 |
| Technical, Engineering & Electrical Union | 42,185 |
| Transport Salaried Staffs' Association | 1,250 |
| Union of Construction, Allied Trades & Technicians | 13,110 |
| Union of Motor Trade, Technical & Industrial Employees | 890 |
| Union of The Institution of Engineers of Ireland | 117 |
| Unite The Union | 42,690 |
| Veterinary Ireland | 1,097 |
| Veterinary Officers Association | 320 |
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