Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 6 Nov 1969

Vol. 242 No. 3

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - ILO Conventions And Recommendations.

35.

Mr. Ryan

asked the Minister for Labour what Conventions and Recommendations of the International Labour Organisation have not yet been ratified, adopted or implemented by this State; and what action is being taken or contemplated in relation to them.

Minister for Labour (Mr. J. Brennan)

The information sought by the Deputy in relation to Conventions of the International Labour Organisation is in the form of a tabular statement which I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Chomhairle, to circulate with the Official Report.

As regards ILO Recommendations, I might explain that a Recommendation does not create any international obligation but is designed to provide guidance to Governments in formulating their social problems. There is no formal adoption or ratification as such of Recommendations.

The Conventions which have not been ratified and which are applicable to Ireland are kept under regular review in my Department. A full review of these unratified Conventions has been initiated since the Department of Labour was set up. A number of these unratified Conventions are broadly in line with Irish law in practice, but cannot be ratified because of differences in detail between the requirements of the Convention and the present situation in Ireland.

Following is the statement:

ILO Conventions not ratified by Ireland.

Notes: (i) The Government have decided to ratify in the near future those marked A.

(ii) Those marked B have been superseded by later Conventions.

(iii) Conventions marked C are not applicable to conditions in Ireland.

(iv) Four Conventions, marked D, are no longer open to ratification.

Conventions.
1. Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919
3. Maternity Protection Convention, 1919	B
9. Placing of Seamen Convention, 1920
13. White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921
17. Workmen's Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925	B
24. Sickness Insurance (Industry) Convention, 1927	B
25. Sickness Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1927	B
30. Hours of Work (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1930
31. Hours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention, 1931	B
32. Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932
33. Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment) Convention, 1932	D
34. Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention, 1933	D
35. Old-Age Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933	B
36. Old-Age Insurance (Agricultural) Convention, 1933	B
37. Invalidity Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933	B
38. Invalidity Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933	B
39. Survivors' Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933	B
40. Survivors' Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933	B
46. Hours of Work (Coal-Mines) Convention (Revised), 1935
47. Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935
48. Maintenance of Migrants' Pension Rights Convention, 1935
50. Recruiting of Indigenous Workers Convention, 1936	C
51. Reduction of Hours of Work (Public Works) Convention, 1936
52. Holidays with Pay Convention, 1936
53. Officers' Competency Certificates Convention, 1936
54. Holidays with Pay (Sea) Convention, 1936	B
55. Shipowners' Liability (Sick and Injured Seamen) Convention, 1936
56. Sickness Insurance (Sea) Convention, 1936
57. Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention, 1936	B
58. Minimum Age (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1936
59. Minimum Age (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1937
60. Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment) Convention (Revised), 1937
61. Reduction of Hours of Work (Textiles) Convention, 1937
62. Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937
64. Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939	C
65. Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939	C
66. Migration for Employment Convention, 1939	D
67. Hours of Work and Rest Periods (Road Transport) Convention, 1939
70. Social Security (Seafarers) Convention, 1946
71. Seafarers' Pensions Convention, 1946
72. Paid Vacations (Seafarers) Convention, 1946	B
73. Medical Examination (Seafarers) Convention, 1946
75. Accommodation of Crews Convention, 1946	D
76. Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention, 1946	B
77. Medical Examination of Young Persons (Industry) Convention, 1946
78. Medical Examination of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations) Convention,
79. Night Work of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations) Convention, 1946
82. Social Policy (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947	C
83. Labour Standards (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947	C
84. Right of Association (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947	C
85. Labour Inspectorates (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947	C
86. Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1947	C
90. Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1948. Labour
91. Paid Vacations (Seafarers) Convention (Revised), 1949
93. Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1949	B
94. Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949
95. Protection of Wages Convention 1949
96. Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949
97. Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949
99. Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Convention, 1951
100. Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951
101. Holidays with Pay (Agriculture) Convention, 1952
103. Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952
104. Abolition of Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1955	C
106. Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957
107. Indigenous and Tribal Populations Convention, 1957	C
109. Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1958
110. Plantations Convention, 1958	C
111. Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958
112. Minimum Age (Fishermen) Convention, 1959
113. Medical Examination (Fishermen) Convention, 1959
114. Fishermen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1959
115. Radiation Protection Convention, 1960
117. Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962	C
119. Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963	A
120. Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964
123. Minimum Age (Underground Work) Convention, 1965	A
124. Medical Examination of Young Persons (Underground Work) Convention, 1965	A
125. Fishermen's Competency Certificates Convention, 1966	A
126. Accommodation of Crews (Fishermen) Convention, 1966	A
127. Maximum Permissible Weight, 1967	A
128. Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits, 1967
129. Labour Inspection in Agriculture, 1969
130. Medical Care and Sickness Benefits, 1969

36.

Mr. Ryan

asked the Minister for Labour what is the present position regarding the making of regulations under the Factories Act, 1955, prescribing in the light of recommendations by the International Labour Organisation the maximum weights which may be lifted, carried or moved manually.

Mr. J. Brennan

Following consultation between my Department, the Factories Advisory Council and the Department of Health, draft regulations on this subject have been prepared which are in conformity with ILO Convention No. 127 on this subject. Under the provisions of the Third Schedule to the Factories Act, 1955, it is necessary to publish notice of my intention to make these regulations and this will be done in the next few weeks.