Government Prioritises Job Creation

The Government has published its Legislative Agenda for Spring 2013 and claims job creation and reducing unemployment is the priority.

The department of Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation will be working on The Industrial Development (Micro-Enterprise & Small Business) Bill and Workplace Relations Bill, plus bills on Consumer & Competition, Employment Permits and Co-operative Societies, all intended to improve job creation conditions.

Other interesting elements on the horizon include the legislation to establish SOLAS and abolish FÁS, to create a Child and Family Support Agency, the Finance Bill and the legislation necessary to hold a referendum on the Seanad, currently being worked on by The Department of the Taoiseach and the Attorney General’s Office.

The full legislative agenda can be viewed here.

If there are any elements that you feel should be added, amended or removed, please get in touch and let me know.

The one that jumps out at me is that legislation for the X Case isn’t mentioned anywhere in the document. However, the Government has committed to legislation and regulation in this area in the coming months. I have checked with the Chief Whip’s office: they tell me that the Department and the Attorney General’s Office will give this matter priority when they receive the full report from The Oireachtas Committee on Health & Children hearings on the Expert Group Report on ABC v Ireland.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Mary-O-Sullivan/712136203 Mary O Sullivan

Stephen, what is happening regarding ratification of the UN COnvention on Persons with Disabilities. Can you ask about this please.
Bill Noonan

Hopefully Item 115 in Section C will also apply to all public service pensions given their unfunded state and that public pensions in payment above the ceiling will be confiscated and redistributed to partly fund the pensions of those below the chosen ceiling
Bronagh

Hi Stephan, the link to the full list is working for me right now, but if the Health Bill is up this term can you ask Jim Reilly why he is refusing to acknowledge the EU Declaration on Epilepsy in terms of generic substitution? The vast majority of EU countries have acknowledged this ( I think only two other countries haven’t yet). Switching to generic can have tragic consequences for people with epilepsy as has been shown in countries that have had generic substitution in place for many years. Newly diagnosed patients seem to be ok being prescribed generic as long they get the same brand each time, its the swtching that causes the problems. I am not in your constituency (I wish I was!), I have been in touch with the Ministers office and my own four TD’s, only one of whom responded after second attempt, in fairness to him he asked about it in a parlimentary question, which didn’t highlight the nuances and impact of the issue, the response seemed to pass the buck to the IMB, who in turn haven’t answered my letters. People with epilepsy are worried about this and Brainwave has been working very hard to get a positive result, to no avail yet. I attach a link to the EU Declaration below along with an article expaining the situation. As always thank you for doing a great job at highlighting the issues for people on the ground and offering intelligent alternatives, many blessings for the New Year.

http://www.epilepsy.ie/assets/63/6C7639C3-C776-4E2A-E92F83A0FBE779DF_document/EN.pdf

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(10)70044-2/fulltext

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