Niall Collins
Question:55. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the employment and industrial relations Acts that her Department has lead responsibility to enforce. [40125/17]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 September 2017
55. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the employment and industrial relations Acts that her Department has lead responsibility to enforce. [40125/17]
View answerBy virtue of the Labour Affairs and Labour Law (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017 which came into effect on 1st September last, certain functions, including employment legislation, that came under my Department's remit transferred to my colleague Regina Doherty TD, Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection.
My Department has maintained lead responsibility for enforcement of all employment legislation by means of the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court and the Employment Appeals Tribunal.
My Department has also maintained responsibility for policy in relation to the following employment and industrial relations Acts and regulations:-
Acts
Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990
Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2015
Employment Agency Act 1971
Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Acts 1977 to 2001
Safety, Health and Welfare (Offshore Installations) Acts 1987 to 1995
Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act 1996
Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996
Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2015
Equal Status Act 2000
Safety Health and Welfare at Work Acts 2005 and 2014
Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Act 2006
Workplace Relations Act 2015
Provisions of Act
Section 39 of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967
Section 8C(1) (inserted by section 80(1)(h) of the Workplace Relations Act 2015) of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977
Regulations
European Communities (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2000
European Union (Provision of Services) Regulations 2010