Committee Reports::Annual Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business, 2004::26 January, 2006::Appendix

APPENDIX 3

Meetings of the Joint Committee

Meetings of the Joint Committee


MEETING NO

DATE

SUBJECT

40

28th January 2004

Private Meeting.

41

5th February 2004

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposal:


COM(2003)380: A proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community and Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 on protection against subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Community.

42

11th February 2004

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposal:


COM(2003)453: A proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a framework for the setting of Eco-design requirements for Energy-Using Products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC.

43

18th February 2004

Reform of the Irish Insurance Market:


Presentation by Mr. Frank Fahey T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Labour Affairs at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

44

2nd March 2004

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals:


(i)COM(2003)356: A proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the Internal Market and amending directives 84/450/EEC, 97/7/EC and 98/27/EC (the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive);


(ii)COM(2003)443: A proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws; and


(iii)COM(2003)46: A proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on measures and procedures to ensure the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

45

10th March 2004

Reform of the Irish Insurance Market:


Presentation by Mr PJ Fitzpatrick, The Courts Service.

46

24th March 2004

Private meeting.

47

31st March 2004

(a)Visit by a delegation from the Business and Industry Committee of the Norwegian Parliament; and


(b)Reform of the Irish Insurance Market:


Presentation by Ms. Mary Harney T.D., An Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.


48

No meeting

 

49

1st April 2004

(a)Reform of the Irish Insurance Market: Presentation by Mr. Michael McDowell T.D., Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform; and


(b)Reform of the Irish Insurance Market:


Presentations by AXA, FBD, Hibernian, Quinn Direct, the Alliance for Insurance Reform and the Irish Hotels Federation.


50

7th April 2004

Reform of the Irish Insurance Market:


Presentation by Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority.

51

21st April 2004

Reform of the Irish Insurance Market:


Presentations by Coyle Hamilton Ltd, Construction Industry Federation, Dolmen Insurance Brokers Ltd and Mike Murphy Insurance Services.

52

28th April 2004

Reform of the Irish Insurance Market:


Presentations by Marsh, Irish Insurance Federation, Lloyds and Allianz.

53

29th April 2004

Reform of the Irish Insurance Market:


Presentations by IBA and PIBA.

54

5th May 2004

Reform of the Irish Insurance Market:


Presentation by Mr Frank Fahey T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Labour Affairs at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

55

6th May 2004

Reform of the Irish Insurance Market: Presentation by Mr. Seamus Brennan T.D., Minister for Transport.

56

12th May 2004

Private Meeting.


57

19th May 2004

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals:


(i)COM(2003)689: A Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food; and


(ii)COM(2003)799: An amended proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community and Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community.


58

25th May 2004

Presentations on fair trade issues by representatives of Church of Ireland parishes of Mullingar, Killucan, Kilbixy and Almoritia.

59

2nd June 2004

Presentation by the Road Haulage Association.

60

16th June 2004

Discussion with the Immigrant Council of Ireland and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding a recent Prime Time investigation into immigrant workers in certain industries in Ireland.

61

30th June 2004

Scrutiny of EU legislative proposals: -


(i)Com(2004)96: A proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multiannual Community programme to make digital content in Europe more accessible, usable and exploitable; and


(ii)Com(2004)177: A proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on statutory audit of annual accounts and consolidated accounts and amending Council Directives 78/660EEC and 83/349EEC.


62

14th July 2004

Private Meeting.

63

16th July 2004

Private Meeting.


64

20th July 2004

Scrutiny of EU legislative proposals:


(i)COM(2004)95: A proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the statistics relating to vocational training in enterprises; and


(ii)COM(2004)239: A proposal for a Council Decision on guidelines for the employment policies of member states and a recommendation for a Council Recommendation on the implementation of Member States’ employment policies.


65

28th September 2004

Private meeting.

66

6th October 2004

2003 Annual Reports for (i) Enterprise Ireland and (ii) IDA Ireland.

67

20th October 2004

(i)National Employment Action Plan 2004 — discussion with European Anti-Poverty Network and


(ii)FÁS Community Employment Schemes - discussion with the Irish Wheelchair Association.


68

2nd November 2004

Grocery prices issue - Discussion with representatives from Tesco and Superquinn.

69

3rd November 2004

Grocery prices issue - Discussion with representatives from BWG Foods and RGDATA.

70

10th November 2004

(a)Grocery prices issue — Discussion with Chairman, Competition Authority; Lidl; and Musgraves; and


(b)EU Business Norms — Discussion with Professor David Weissbrodt, University of Minnesota Law School and member of UN Sub-Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.


71

11th November 2004

Hearings on Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004 — Presentations by The Irish Council for Civil Liberties, IBEC, ICTU and CIF.

72

25th November 2004

Private meeting.

73

8th December 2004

Presentation from the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies in Ireland on the revised auditing directive (or 8th Directive), scrutinized by the Committee on 30 June 2004 under scrutiny of EU legislative proposals.