The Gazette 1994

GAZETTE

APRIL 1994

"The Shop

"The shop" is the colloquial title for the retail outlet for Government publications at Molesworth Street, Dublin 2. Mr. Noel Dempsey TD, Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Office of Public Works officially opened the newly-refurbished Government Publications Sales Office, "the shop", on March 10, 1994. Most readers of the Gazette will be familiar with the shop. Apart from Irish Government publications, the shop sells publications for the European Union, World Health Organisation, UNESCO and many other international organisations. Close links are also maintained with the Government Publications Offices in London and Belfast and many of their publications are on display in the Dublin shop. The Minister stated that the shop uses modern technology. There were in excess of 20,000 titles on database at present and he expected this to reach 40,000 within the next twelve months. The Minister stated that it was intended to have public access to the database on a touch-screen basis by the end of the year. A pilot study was also being undertaken with a view to providing access to all legislation on CD-ROM. The prototype being developed related to health and safety legislation and the initial responses were promising. A p p r e n t i ce S a l a r i es Practitioners and their apprentices are informed of a resolution passed by the Council of the Society as follows:- "From 1 January 1994 the minimum recommended salaries payable to solicitors' apprentices who have entered the offices of their masters following completion of the Professional Course shall be as follows:-

Noel Dempsey TD, Minister of State at the Office of Public Works and Government Chief Whip; Tom O'Donoghue, Manager, Government Sales Office and Tom Costello, Controller, Government Supplies Agency, at the official opening of the newly-refurbished Government Publications Sales Office.

by PAS Limited. The legislation comes with an index and a full-search facility. Users can review the sections of the Acts they require on screen and have those sections printed out. The disc includes the current text of legislation as at January 1, 1994. Updates are available annually or quarterly at the discretion of the user. The system costs £199 plus VAT with annual updates at 25% of the cost price. There is also a network version available at £750 plus VAT. Further information can be obtained by contacting PAS Limited at 01-661 3742, 13 Herbert Street, Dublin 2. •

Readers may like to know that the office has appointed a Customer Liaison Officer since the beginning of 1994 to deal with demands, or indeed complaints, on a personal basis.

Company Legislation on Computer Disc

The Companies Acts 1963-1990 and relevant Statutory Instruments are now available on computer disc through "a windows" interface. The disc has been published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and developed

• £135.00 (gross) per week for the final period before the apprentice returns to the Society's Law School for the Advanced Course." The Council appreciates that where an office is paying the apprentice's course fee, this recommendation may have to be modified. The Council suggests as a guideline that apprentices be paid not less than £95.50 a week during their attendance in the office before embarking on the Professional Course.

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• £115.00 (gross) per week for the first six months.

• £125.00 (gross) per week for the next six months.

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