Legislation is no closer on job agencies

FOUR months ago the Government promised the heads of legislation regulating employment agencies would be introduced within a month to six weeks.

Now Employment Minister Micheál Martin is unable to give any timeframe for the bill except to say the Government was committed to “this year”.

Mr Martin gave a number of reasons why the bill was not as yet anywhere near the statute books, including the fact that the Government did not want to “railroad” it through without agreement with the social partners.