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Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: The 1,500% increase is a fact.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: What about the waiting lists?

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 6:In page 6, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“Amendment of Industrial Relations Act 1990 5. Section 23 of the industrial Relations Act 1990 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):“(1A) For the avoidance of doubt the definition of “workers” shall also include “retired...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 7:In page 10, line 2, after “proper.” to insert the following:“When making an order varying the agreement, the Court shall attempt to get the consent of both parties.”.We spoke briefly about this on Committee Stage. The Labour Court has been given the power to make an order to vary an agreement. I assume that is only as a last-minute or...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The difficulty is that the trustees' responsibility is to the scheme. There are a lot of responsibilities dictated to them in legislation that deal with the running of the scheme, not with the workers, pensioners, or others who depend on the scheme to feed, heat, and clothe themselves. Placing further responsibilities on the trustees to...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: The Government loves to say it consults the Opposition, listens to it and takes on board its concerns, yet it rarely does so. The same thing will happen here. Trustees will consult pensioners and take views on board, but they will proceed as planned unless there is robust legal protection for pensioners. Although I acknowledge the Minister of State's record on this, pension funds can spend...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: The Minister of State has a number of amendments linked to our amendments that may deal with many of our concerns.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: The Minister of State mentioned future changes to the definition of "worker". Could he clarify what it means? Would it impact on our attempts to expand this and any future legislation to include retired workers?

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 5:In page 6, line 17, after “1990.” to insert “For the avoidance of doubt the definition of worker shall also include “retired workers”.”.On Committee Stage, we indicated that we would raise the issue and my colleagues, Deputies Clare Daly and Tóibín, have tabled similar amendments. The issue of retired workers is real...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (25 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: 169. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have Lyme disease added to the long-term illness scheme. [25500/15]

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the introduction of this Bill. It is a significant development and the commission has the potential to be a significant improvement on the current system. The commission has major potential in this area and it should be afforded more. There is pressure on it to deliver its first recommendation, but I would like to see it examine areas such as the living wage because the debate on...

Credit Unions: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I thank my colleague , Deputy Michael McGrath, for giving us this opportunity to put credit unions front and centre in political debate. They have not been discussed for some time. We should acknowledge their important role in the recovery of the country and, most importantly, in the recovery of trust in the financial sector. No matter how much financial engineering and investment goes on,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Action Plan for Jobs (23 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance considering he is the lead Minister for the Action Plan for Jobs, the steps he will take following the latest National Competitiveness Council report entitled Costs of Doing Business in Ireland 2015 which outlines that new business interest rates for non-financial corporations are up to 81% higher here than elsewhere in the Euro area; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (23 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: 149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection following the liquidation of a company (details supplied) in Dublin 1, her views on redundancy entitlements for staff; the actions being taken by the Government in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24742/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (23 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the potential of the EU capital markets union to enable small and medium sized enterprises to have increased access to a variety of sources of capital funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24753/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (23 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: 304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the status of unsecured creditors at a company (details supplied) in Dublin 1, following liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24741/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (23 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: 424. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to clients of residential care facilities in respect of occupational aids that may be required; the person responsible for the purchase of aids for individual residents, such as hospital beds, recliner chairs, wheelchairs and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24684/15]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I would also like to indicate a Report Stage amendment to section 7 to insert sunset clauses into the REA system.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: Can the Minister of State talk us through how the provision in section 8 that the Labour Court can vary the REA without the consent of one or both parties might work? Is that the nuclear option or is there a danger that it may become the default option in the event of difficulties? What are the restrictions around its becoming the default option?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I may table some amendments on Report Stage to ensure that it does not in a future Labour Court become the default option.