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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (18 Jun 2019)

Pat Breen: 685. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a person (details supplied) has not received further payments under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme. [24882/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (13 Jun 2019)

Pat Breen: Legislation in relation to the setting of the National Minimum Wage is a policy matter for  my colleague Minister Regina Doherty T.D. at the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.   In so far as my own Department is concerned, Section 41 of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 provides that the Labour Court may exempt an employer from the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority Data (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Breen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 376 and 386 together. Health and Safety Authority Budget Allocation 2017 - 2019 Year Budget Allocation 2017 €18,112,000 2018 €19,275,000 2019 €19,783,000 The Health and Safety Authority delivers on a broad remit of work across a very wide mandate which includes occupational health and safety, chemical safety, market surveillance and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Inspections Data (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Breen: It should be noted that responsibility for the licensing and operation of Funfairs is a policy matter for Housing, Planning and Local Government as the existing legislation dealing with licensing of funfairs, the duties on organisers of funfairs, and the owners of fairground equipment, in the context of public safety, is covered by the Planning and Development Act 2000. The role of the Health...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority Data (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Breen: It should be noted that responsibility for the licensing and operation of Funfairs is a policy matter for Housing, Planning and Local Government as the existing legislation dealing with licensing of funfairs, the duties on organisers of funfairs, and the owners of fairground equipment, in the context of public safety, is covered by the Planning and Development Act 2000. The role of the Health...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Union Membership (29 May 2019)

Pat Breen: The right of workers to form associations and the right to join a trade union are enshrined in Article 40 of the Irish Constitution. Section 13 of the Trade Union Act 1871 provides that when Trade Unions are applying for registration with the Registrar of Friendly Societies they must provide a copy of their rules. Furthermore, Section 12 of the Trade Union Act 1941 provides that an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (28 May 2019)

Pat Breen: I am aware of the ongoing industrial relations issues at the company referred to by the Deputy. I am also aware that the Labour Court issued a recommendation on the 5thApril 2019 in relation to a claim before it, with the Court noting that this issue has already been before it, resulting in previous recommendations. Ireland’s system of industrial relations is based in voluntarism and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 May 2019)

Pat Breen: Statutory responsibility for the management of the National Apprenticeship System in Ireland falls under the remit of SOLAS, an agency under the aegis of the Department of Education and Skills. In general, I understand that in relation to apprentice electricians, the rate of pay is a contractual matter between the employer and the apprentice.  In so far as my Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (14 May 2019)

Pat Breen: Attracting investment and creating new jobs in regional locations – including County Donegal – is a major priority for both myself and my Department. The IDA has a significant role to play in helping us achieve that objective. It has been working hard, through its staff both here and abroad, to encourage overseas investors to locate or expand in Ireland’s regions. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (14 May 2019)

Pat Breen: My Department works closely with the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) monitoring its staffing and budgetary requirements, including anticipating future resource requirements, to ensure that it is supported and adequately resourced to fulfil its mandate. Additional funding has already been provided in 2019 to enable the WRC deal with the anticipated increased workload arising from An...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (14 May 2019)

Pat Breen: The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018, which comes under the remit of my colleague Regina Doherty T.D., Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, was signed into law by the President on 25 December 2018. The key objective of the Act is to improve the security and predictability of hours of work for those on insecure contracts and those working variable hours....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (14 May 2019)

Pat Breen: Access to the industrial relations machinery of the State is governed by the definition of “worker” in Section 23 of the Industrial Relations Act 1990, which provides, inter alia, that a “worker” means any person aged 15 years or more who has entered into or works under a contract with an employer. In addition, Section 3 of the Industrial Relations Act 1946...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (14 May 2019)

Pat Breen: 374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20337/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Court Recommendations (8 May 2019)

Pat Breen: The Labour Court is an independent statutory office under the aegis of my Department with responsibility for adjudicating on disputes between employers and employees under industrial relations and employment rights legislation. As such I, as Minister, have no involvement when the Labour Court exercises its quasi- judicial functions. The specific details provided by the Deputy relate to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (8 May 2019)

Pat Breen: At the outset, I must emphasise that Ireland’s system of industrial relations is essentially voluntary in nature and responsibility for the resolution of industrial disputes between employers and workers rests with the employer, the workers and their representatives. The right of workers to form associations and join a trade union is enshrined in Article 40 of the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Court Recommendations (8 May 2019)

Pat Breen: I am aware of the ongoing industrial relations issues at the company referred to by the Deputy. I am also aware that the Labour Court issued a recommendation on the 5thApril 2019 in relation to a claim before it, with the Court noting that this issue has already been before it, resulting in previous recommendations. Ireland’s system of industrial relations is essentially voluntary in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (18 Apr 2019)

Pat Breen: In 2018, over 90% of complaints received by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) for adjudication were processed from receipt to hearing and decision within six months, where there were no requests for postponements, where all parties were available and where submissions were received in a timely manner. During 2018, 15,451 individual complaints were received by the Workplace...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Protected Disclosures (16 Apr 2019)

Pat Breen: The April/May addition of the Village Magazine contained an article within which a former Inspector of the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) and latterly the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) made specific allegations in relation to both those bodies’ approach to specific inspections.  The individual involved made a protected disclosure to my Department in October...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority Data (16 Apr 2019)

Pat Breen: The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) tracks and analyses trends in fatal farm accidents and has produced detailed charts indicating the prevalence of fatalities due to livestock. The charts at the link show that livestock related deaths make up 16% of all workplace deaths in the Agriculture Sector. Further analyses of the farm fatalities involving livestock shows that Cow/Heifer attacks...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority Data (16 Apr 2019)

Pat Breen: The reporting of accidents in the workplace which result in an absence and the prevention of an employee from performing their normal work for more than 3 consecutive days is a statutory requirement under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Reporting of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 370 of 2016). This applies to all workplaces regardless of size,...