MEETING NO

DATE

SUBJECT

40

28^th January 2004

Private Meeting.

41

5^th 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

11^th 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

18^th 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

2^nd 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

10^th March 2004

Reform of the Irish Insurance Market:

Presentation by Mr PJ Fitzpatrick, The Courts Service.

46

24^th March 2004

Private meeting.

47

31^st 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

1^st 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

7^th April 2004

Reform of the Irish Insurance Market:

Presentation by Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority.

51

21^st 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

28^th April 2004

Reform of the Irish Insurance Market:

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

53

29^th April 2004

Reform of the Irish Insurance Market:

Presentations by IBA and PIBA.

54

5^th 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

6^th May 2004

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

56

12^th May 2004

Private Meeting.

57

19^th 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

25^th May 2004

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

59

2^nd June 2004

Presentation by the Road Haulage Association.

60

16^th 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

30^th 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

14^th July 2004

Private Meeting.

63

16^th July 2004

Private Meeting.

64

20^th 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

28^th September 2004

Private meeting.

66

6^th October 2004

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

67

20^th 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

2^nd November 2004

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

69

3^rd November 2004

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

70

10^th 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

11^th 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

25^th November 2004

Private meeting.

73

8^th December 2004

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