Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004
Public bill · Government · Presented
Updates and consolidates Ireland’s workplace safety laws, replacing the 1989 Act and incorporating rules on temporary and fixed-term workers. Employers would have to assess risks, maintain written safety plans, provide training and protective equipment, consult workers, and prepare for emergencies, while employees would have duties to work safely and report dangers. The renamed Health and Safety Authority would gain clearer enforcement powers, including inspections, improvement and prohibition notices, information-gathering, and stronger penalties for breaches.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to make further provision for securing the safety, health and welfare of persons at work and for the enforcement of the relevant statutory provisions, to give further effect to Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work and Council Directive 91/383/EEC of 25 June 1991 on measures to improve the safety and health at work of workers with a fixed-duration or temporary employment relationship, to provide for the further regulation of work activities, to continue in being and confer additional functions on the National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health and rename that body as the Health and Safety Authority, to repeal the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989, to provide for the repeal of certain other enactments and to provide for related matters
Last updated 13 April 2018
- Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Primary
- First StageDáil
- Second StageDáil
- Committee StageDáil
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- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. Dáil
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. Seanad
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Committee Stage. Seanad
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Second Stage. Seanad
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. Dáil
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Order for Report Stage. Dáil
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage. Dáil
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Motion. Dáil
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. Dáil
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Second Stage. Dáil
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Referral to Select Committee. Dáil