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Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Redundancy Payments Scheme serves a very important function in transitioning employees in the aftermath of losing their jobs through redundancy until they find further employment. Payments from the Social Insurance Fund come within the remit of the Department of Social Protection's vote and my Department currently administers the Redundancy and Insolvency Payments Schemes on behalf of...

Chemicals (Amendment) Bill 2010: Order for Report Stage (10 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Chemicals (Amendment) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (10 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: Deputy Penrose's concerns are certainly valid but they are catered for. As I said on Committee Stage, the checks and balances of the Oireachtas oversight of the regulations to be made under this Act are provided in section 36 of the primary Act, which requires and lays out that regulations and orders under that Act have to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas by the relevant Minister....

Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am here to listen to the Deputy's every word.

Seanad: EU Directive on Temporary Agency Work: Statements (10 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: That is certainly tenuous. I thank Senator Leyden and all other Senators for their contributions. This marks the start of a consultation process, into which the input of Senators will feed its way. We have placed advertisements in the newspapers and on the Internet and the process will fully inform the preparation of the implementing legislation which I hope to be in a position to...

Seanad: EU Directive on Temporary Agency Work: Statements (10 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: Absolutely. There are many associated issues, of which that is one. The reference to occupational pensions is important. As Senator Bradford stated, there is a wider debate to be held on pensions and pension provisions for temporary agency workers, especially those who spend their entire careers in the sector who, for whatever reason, do not enter a formal working relationship. We must...

Seanad: EU Directive on Temporary Agency Work: Statements (10 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: Yes, the malaise is spreading. I again thank Members for their contributions and everybody involved. This is an issue to which we will come back and which will be referred back to Senator Ryan's committee before we implement the directive. I look forward to a vigorous debate and leading same.

Seanad: EU Directive on Temporary Agency Work: Statements (10 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Members of the House for the invitation to address them on the EU directive on temporary agency work. This coincides with the recent initiation by my Department of a public consultation on the transposition of the EU directive into Irish law. Ireland, along with all other member states of the European Union, is required to transpose the directive into domestic law and bring it...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation I can...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I wish to...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I can...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I can...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: In general, it is not my Department's policy and practice to disclose details of redundancy rebate payments relating to specific companies for reasons of data confidentiality. Given the size of the companies referred to, it would be normal for my Department to have, at any given time, claims on hand for processing. Deputies will be aware from recent media coverage that the Department has on...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I can...

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: The renewed programme for Government sets out that the application of the Freedom of Information Act will be expanded to include certain administrative matters in the Garda Síochána. The freedom of information central policy unit in the Department of Finance and the Department of Justice and Law Reform have set up a working group that is examining the various issues and challenges relating...

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "— welcomes the commitment in the Renewed Programme for Government to increase transparency by putting as much information as possible on appropriate Government websites to inform the public of the workings of Government and State institutions, by expanding the Freedom of Information Acts to...

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Labour Party motion covers a very wide range of areas, from transparency and Dáil reform to changes in the budgetary and Estimates processes and reform of the public service. I am pleased to inform the House that the Government has been active in many of these areas and that there are commitments in the renewed programme for Government dealing with many of the remainder, while in some...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (4 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: The current Irish law in the area of "transfer of undertakings" is the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 – Statutory Instrument (S.I.) No. 131 of 2003. The Regulations implement the mandatory (i.e. mandatory to transpose) provisions of EU Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 which is aimed at safeguarding the rights of...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (4 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I can...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (4 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I wish to...