Vol. 488 No. 4
46 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a notice of the Catering Joint Labour Committee is displayed in a prominent place in a restaurant (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6115/98]
Under the terms of the Employment Regulation Order (Catering Joint Labour Committee), 1997 made by the Labour Court on 19 August 1997 minimum rates of pay and other terms and conditions of employment are prescribed for workers employed in catering establishments anywhere throughout the State except in the areas known, until 1 January 1994, as the County Borough of Dublin and the Borough of Dún Laoghaire.
A catering establishment as defined in the ERO includes "a premises primarily used for supplying for reward to any persons, not for the time being resident on the premises, food or food and drink for consumption on the premises. ." The ERO requires that a notice of it must be displayed in a prominent place "so as to ensure that the details therein shall be brought to the knowledge of and can be conveniently read by all those workers affected by it".
It was established in the course of the last inspection of the premises in question by the labour inspectorate of my Department that the primary business of the premises was the supply of take-away food and food and drinks. The premises was not, therefore, covered by the terms of the ERO and was not therefore required to display the notice.
