Written answers

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Legislative Programme

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number, name and date of bills initiated in his Department that have been subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in the Oireachtas. [1817/15]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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279. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number, name and date of bills initiated in his Department since September 2013. [1832/15]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 278 and 279 together.

The County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013, which was published on 31stJuly 2013, has been subject to the Oireachtas pre legislative scrutiny procedure. In addition, the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill, although not yet initiated, completed pre legislative scrutiny on the draft Heads in December 2014.

The following Bills were initiated by my Department, since 1stSeptember 2013:-

1stSeptember 2013 – 31stDecember 2014

Title of Bill Date of Bill
Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 20138th November 2013
Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 201319th December 2013
Competition and Consumer Protection Bill27th March 2014
Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 201417th April 2014
Workplace Relations Bill30th July 2014
Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 201431st July 2014


With regard to the Workplace Relations Bill the policy document 'Legislating for a World Class Workplace Relations Service'upon which the Draft Scheme of the Workplace Relations Bill was drafted was referred to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for scrutiny in July, 2012. I also appeared before this Oireachtas Committee in July, 2012 to discuss the proposed Workplace Relations legislation.

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