Gilmore, Eamon

Thursday, 21 April 1994

Dáil Éireann Debate
Vol. 441 No. 7

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Order of Business.

When will the juvenile justice Bill be published?More Button

Irish Shipping Limited (Payments to Former Employees) Bill, 1994: Committee and Final Stages.

I move amendment No. 11. In page 3, subsection (2), between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “(a) a person nominated by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions,”.More Button

Most applications for payment will probably be straightforward. In any company where 300 employees are made redundant disputes may arise in respect of the date of commencement of employment, continuit...More Button

I accept it is possible in the appeals process for representation to be made. However, in the transaction of employer-employee business there is normally recourse to a third party to assess whether t...More Button

I do not have a great deal of choice in the matter. The Minister greatly exaggerates when he imputes that I am suggesting there will be a confrontational element or that this proposal will in some wa...More Button

One of the first issues I raised in the House was the plight of former Irish Shipping employees and I welcome the legislation to deal with it. The Minister of State said he would bring the points rais...More Button

Section 5 provides for the conviction of a person who gives false information to the Minister when applying for a lump sum. It is the first time I have seen that penalty for a person applying for a r...More Button

At the risk of being accused of injecting a less than harmonious note into the debate, this section is rather insulting to the former employees of Irish Shipping. These people have waited for a long ...More Button

On a point of clarification, the section states that where a person who is entitled to the payment of a lump sum under the Bill dies before the making of the payment the lump sum shall be paid to his ...More Button

I join with Deputies Bradford and Clohessy in paying tribute to the Minister on the introduction of this long overdue legislation. The liquidation of Irish Shipping is one of the great scandals in th...More Button

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