Vol. 460 No. 3
515 Ms F. Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the proposals for legislation being prepared under the auspices of his Department that have not yet been published; and the statutory instruments being prepared in his Department. [19386/96]
In the time available, the following information has been prepared in response to the Deputy's question.
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Bill |
Purpose |
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Credit Union Bill |
To consolidate and update legislation on the operation and supervision of Credit Unions |
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Irish Take-over Panel Bill |
To provide for the establishment of a Take-over Panel, to operate on the separation of The Dublin Stock Exchange from London |
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Irish Steel Bill |
To allow for sale of Irish Steel to ISPAT |
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NSAI Bill |
Bill to establish the National Standards Authority of Ireland as an Independent statutory body |
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Protection of Young Persons Bill |
To implement the EC Directive on the protection of young persons at work |
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Organisation of Working Time Bill |
To implement the EC Directive on working time |
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Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Bill |
To provide information and consultation rights to employees in large scale multinational companies. To implement an EU Directive |
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Copyright Bill |
To implement three EU Directives on copyright and related rights, to fulfil requirements arising from the EEA agreement and deal with urgent domestic issues |
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Small Business (Prompt Payments) Bill |
Implementation of the recommendations of the Task Force on Small Business |
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Companies (Amendment) Bill |
To examine a number of aspects of the Companies Acts arising from the report of the Company Law Review Groups Report of December 1994 and the ongoing monitoring of the operation and effectiveness of existing legislation |
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Chemical Weapons Protection Bill |
To ratify the UN Convention on Chemical Weapons |
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Directives Ref. No. |
Subject |
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91/371 |
Implementation of EC/Swiss Agreement concerning Direct Insurance other than Life Assurance |
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91/674 |
Annual Accounts and Consolidated Accounts of Insurance Undertakings |
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92/56 |
Collective Redundancies |
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92/59 |
General Product Safety |
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92/91 |
Safety Regulations — Mineral Drilling |
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92/101 |
Amending Second Company Law Directive |
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92/104 |
Safety Regulations — Surface and Under ground Mining |
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93/68 |
Simple Pressure Vessels (Amending 87/404/EEC) |
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93/103 |
Safety and Health for work on board fishing vessels |
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94/8 |
Revision of amounts expressed in ECUs (Amends Dir 78/660/EEC) |
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94/9 |
Equipment and protective systems for use in potentially explosive atmospheres |
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94/11 |
Labelling of materials used in the main components of footwear |
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94/26 |
Equipment and protective systems for use in potentially explosive atmospheres employing certain types of protection |
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94/27 |
To amend for the 12th time Directive 76/769/EEC (Nickel) |
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94/33 |
Relating to the Safety and Health of Young Persons. |
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94/47 |
Protection of purchases in respect of certain aspects of contracts relating to the purchase of the right to use immovable properties on a timeshare basis |
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94/48 |
To amend for the 13th time Directive 76/769/EEC (Aerosol Generators) |
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94/60 |
Restrictions on marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations |
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94/69 |
21st ATP to Directive 67/548/EEC relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances |
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95/1 |
Max design speed, max torque and max engine power of two and three wheel motor vehicles |
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95/3 |
Plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs |
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95/16 |
Council Directive relating to lifts |
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95/26 |
Directive amending Directives in the Financial Supervision area with a view to reinforcing prudential supervision (BCCI) |
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95/27 |
Amends Directive 86/662/EEC on the limitation of noise from construction products |
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95/28 |
Council Directive relating to the burning behaviour of materials used in the interior construction of certain categories of motor vehicles |
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95/30 |
ATP to 90/679/EEC on exposure to biological agents |
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95/50 |
Uniform checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road |
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95/54 |
Suppression of radio interference produced by spark ignition engines fitted to motor vehicles (Amending Dir 70/156/EEC) |
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95/56 |
Adapting to technical progress Directive 74/61/EEC relating to devices to prevent the unauthorised use of motor vehicles |
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95/58 |
Amending Directives 79/581/EEC and 88/314/EEC relating to consumer protection in the indication of the prices of foodstuffs and non-foodstuffs respectively |
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95/63 |
Amending Directive 89/655/EEC on the use of work equipment by workers |
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Regulations Ref. No. |
Subject |
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2455/92, 3135/94 |
Export and Import of Certain Dangerous Chemicals |
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Source Legislation |
Purpose |
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Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act, 1980. |
To provide for greater transparency in the marketing of life insurance products. |
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Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act, 1980. |
To provide for greater transparency in the marketing of non-life insurance. |
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Insurance Act, 1989 — Part IV. |
To enhance protection of policyholders/ potential policyholders in their dealings with insurance intermediaries. |
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Casual Trading Act, 1995 — Section 4. |
To prescribe the form of application for a casual trading licence under Section 4. |
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Industrial Relations Act, 1990 — Section 42 (3). |
To declare a Code of Practice on Disciplinary Procedures. |
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Industrial Research and Standards Act, 1961. |
Two Statutory Instruments relating to the safety of 13 ampere plugs and electrical sockets. |
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Industrial Research and Standards Act, 1961. |
To provide for warning labels on LPG cartridges. |
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Competition Act, 1991 |
To set out the procedures to be employed by the Competition Authority in carrying out its various duties under the Act and the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 1994 after the amending Bill has been enacted. The Bill has passed Committee Stage. |
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Companies Act, 1990 — Section 239. |
To make provision for dealing with Uncertificated Securities. |
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Trade Marks Act, 1963 (Section 70 (5)). |
To amend provisions for Designs and Trademarks International Arrangements. |
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Copyright Act 1963 (Section 43). |
To make provision for Copyright (Foreign Countries). |
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Performers Protection Act 1968 (Section 12). |
To make provision for performers' protection (Foreign Countries). |
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Patents Act 1992 (Section 3 (4) and 25 (5)). |
To provide for International Patents Arrangements. |
