Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the social partners or employment policy experts were consulted before the decision was made to transfer labour affairs functions from the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation to her Department; if her officials carried out an impact assessment of the transfer of functions; and, if so, whether she will publish it. [48823/17]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The transfer of labour affairs and labour law responsibilities to my Department was announced by An Taoiseach on 14 June 2017. The areas that transferred included Employment Rights and Minimum Wage policy, the Low Pay Commission, and lead responsibilities for EU policies around employment and engagement with the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.

This transfer aligns employee-based rights with the activation focus of my Department and is very much in line with how other European countries deal with these issues.