Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 June 2016
224. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Bills she will reinitiate relevant to her Department from the previous Dáil; the Bills she will introduce in the coming sessions; when she will introduce each Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15207/16]
View answerI do not intend to re-initiate any Bills from the previous Dáil. The table sets out the Bills that I intend to introduce in the coming Dáil sessions.
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Bill |
Provisional Timeframe |
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Hallmarking (Amendment) Bill 2016. |
It is intended that the Hallmarking (Amendment) Bill 2016 will be initiated in the coming sessions. It is hoped to publish the Bill by end July 2016. |
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Companies (Accounting) Bill |
Q3 2016 |
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Statutory Audits Bill |
Q4 2016/Q1 2017 |
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Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill |
A Memorandum for Government seeking approval to draft this Bill will be submitted to Government in June 2016 |
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Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill |
A Memorandum for Government seeking approval to draft this Bill will be submitted to Government in June 2016 |
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Amendment to the Constitution (Unified Patent Court) Bill |
This Referendum is included in the Programme for Government. The publication of this Bill is subject to a Government decision on the timing of the Referendum |
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Industrial Development Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill |
Heads of Bill are currently under preparation |
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Casual Trading (Amendment) Bill |
Heads of Bill expected in the near future. Pre-Leg to follow shortly after |
I indicated in the Dail last week, in the course of the Private Members debate on the protection of workers' rights, my intentions in relation to the Duffy/Cahill report and the University of Limerick study on zero hour contracts and low hour contracts.
In relation to the Duffy/Cahill report, my priority is to consider responses to the public consultation on the report which is due to close on 17 June, with a view to bringing proposals to Government at an early date. While I do not want to anticipate the outcome of that process, it is clear that responding to the proposals made in the Duffy/Cahill report will involve bringing forward proposals for changes to the relevant legislation as it currently stands.
In relation to the University of Limerick study, I outlined that my Department is currently considering the large number of submissions received in response to the public consultation conducted earlier this year. The responses contain a variety of views both for and against the findings and recommendations, as made by UL. The study and the responses to it will be considered by Government at the earliest opportunity with a view to agreeing the actions to be taken, including proposals for changes to the law that may be required.
