Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-01-Speech-1-104"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Expiry of ECSC Treaty2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011001.7.1-104"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-01-Speech-1-1052
lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I support the proposals in the Linkohr report. The situation in which we are seeing the Commission and Council fail to give Parliament codecision in relation to this Fund and the technical guidelines which will be produced in relation to it is not acceptable and there should be a change of attitude in relation to that. It is a great pity that we are moving away from the social policy aspects of these Funds, which provided some relief for companies and, in particular, the workers of companies who were being restructured. ISPAT in Cork, Ireland, which was formerly a state company, was bought over some years ago by a private company and is now in liquidation. The 400 workers there are in receipt of statutory redundancy – a few thousand pounds for literally a lifetime's work – and yet when government and trade unions sought support from the social policy aspects of this Fund they were refused. It is quite extraordinary that we have this situation. It is even more extraordinary because ISPAT was a plant which recycled scrapped steel: the objective of the new Research Fund is to improve environmental standards and the impact of the steel industry on the environment, and here was a company that was actually doing that. It must be emphasised very strongly that, insofar as this Research Fund has any impact, it must be on safety at work. In January this year there was an unfortunate case where a man lost his life in this steel factory. The company had failed to invest in fire-fighter training and to provide for escape hatches and this man lost his life as a result of the company's negligence. We need to ensure that health and safety regulations are strictly enforced."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; PETI (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"De Rossa (PSE )."1

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