asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce whether he is in a position to state what steps have been taken to ratify the International Labour Office Conventions limiting the hours of work in industrial undertakings; concerning the employment of women before and after childbirth; the facilities for finding employment for seamen; the use of white lead in painting; workmen's compensation for accidents; night work in bakeries; sickness insurance; the regulation of hours of work in coal mines; protection against accidents to dockers; the age of admission of children to nonindustrial employment; fee-charging employment agencies; compulsory old age insurance; compulsory invalidity insurance, and concerning compulsory widows' and orphans' insurance.
Ceisteanna.—Questions. Oral Answers. - International Labour Office Conventions.
Certain sections of the International Labour Convention limiting the hours of work to 48 per week in industrial undertakings are implemented by the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936. The Night Work (Bakeries) Bill, 1936, is entitled an Act to carry out and give effect to the Night Work (Bakeries) Convention, 1925. The necessary steps towards ratification will, it is hoped, be taken at an early date.
The convention concerning protection against accidents to workers employed in loading or unloading ships adopted at the International Labour Conference in 1929, was ratified on the 5th July, 1930. The convention prohibiting use of white lead in internal painting is still under consideration.
It is not proposed at present to take any steps towards the ratification of the other International Labour Conventions to which the Deputy refers.