Written answers
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Legislative Programme
8:00 pm
John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the title of each Bill sponsored by her which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently signed into law in respect of each of the years 2004 to 2008 and to date in 2009; if, in each case, it was drafted and passed in order to give effect to a directive from the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18848/09]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The information in relation to primary legislation enacted on behalf of my Department since 2004 is set out in the following table.
| Year | Title and Number of Act | Did the Act give effect to an EU Directive? (Yes/No) | If yes, did Act have any other provisions additional to those required to implement the Directive? (Yes/No) |
| 2004 | Industrial Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 (No. 4 of 2004) | No | N/A |
| 2004 | Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2004 (No. 18 of 2004) | No | N/A |
| 2005 | Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act, 2005 (No. 7 of 2005) | No | N/A |
| 2005 | Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (No. 10 of 2005) | Yes.Directive 89/391/EEC on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements on the safety & health of workers at work and Directive 91/383/EEC on measures to improve the safety & health at work of workers with fixed duration or temporary employment relationship. | Yes.Included among other provisions in the Act is to provide for the further regulation of work activities, to continue in being and confer additional functions on the national authority for occupational safety and health and rename that body as the Health and Safety Authority. |
| 2005 | The Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005 (No. 12 of 2005) | Yes.Directive 2003/6/EC and the implementing Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC on insider dealing and market manipulation (market abuse). | Yes.It makes provision in relation to Collective Investment Undertakings, amends Part XIII of the Companies Act 1990 and makes miscellaneous amendments to various pieces of legislation. |
| 2006 | Competition (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 4 of 2006) | No | N/A |
| 2006 | Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Act 2006 (No. 9 of 2006) | Yes.2002/14/EC and Article 3(2) of Directive 2001/23/EC. | No |
| 2006 | Employment Permits Act 2006(No. 16 of 2006) | No | N/A |
| 2006 | Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 31 of 2006) | No | N/A |
| 2006 | Industrial Development Act 2006 (No. 34 of 2006) | No | N/A |
| 2006 | The Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2006 (No. 41 of 2006) | Yes.Directive 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and Commission Directive 2007/14/EC laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/1009/EC. | Yes.It amends and extends the Companies Acts, the Irish Takeover Panel Act 1997, the Central Bank Act 1942, the Consumer Information Act 1978 and the Netting of Financial Contracts Act 1995. |
| 2007 | Consumer Protection Act 2007 (No. 19 of 2007) | Yes.2005/29/EC Unfair Commercial Practices Directive | Yes.Established the National Consumer Agency |
| 2007 | Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies & Related Matters) Act 2007 (No. 27 of 2007) | No. | N/A |
| 2007 | Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Act (No. 35 of 2007) | No | N/A |
| 2007 | Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2007 (No. 39 of 2007) | Yes.This related to one provision, the Public Lending Remuneration Scheme, arising from EU Directive 92/100/EC. The other provisions of this Directive were transposed in the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 (No 28 of 2000) | No |
| 2008 | Control of Exports Act (No. 1 of 2008) | No.The Act gives effect to Council Joint Action 22 June 2000 concerning the control of technical assistance to certain military end-users;Council Common Position 2003/468/CFSP on the control of arms brokering; and provides for related matters. | N/A |
| 2008 | Chemicals Act 2008 (No. 13 of 2008) | No.However, the Act gives further effect to 3 EU Regulations (Regulation EC No 304/2003 of 28 January 2003; Regulation EC No. 648/2004 of 31 March 2004; Regulation EC No. 1907/2006 of 18 December 2006). Section 5(2) of the Act provides that the Minister may make Regulations to give effect to certain EU Acts regulating chemicals. This would include Directives. | No |
| 2009 (to 6 May) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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