Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 November 2017
218. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the laws or guidelines which exist for employers in relation to the safety of their staff during a status red weather warning. [48341/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraOccupational Health and Safety is the policy responsibility of my colleague the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation.
Policy responsibility for 12 pieces of employment legislation transferred to me pursuant to the Labour Affairs and Labour Law (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 361 of 2017) from 1st September last. However the Health, Safety and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and related legislation and the Health and Safety Authority, the regulatory body for the purposes of the legislation, remain under the aegis of the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation.
