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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014 provides for sectoral registered employment agreements, as was provided for prior to the 2013 Supreme Court judgment. [44604/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the factors that will activate a decision of the Labour Court to initiate a review of the pay and pension and sick pay entitlements of workers in a particular sector under the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014. [44605/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014 provides for an appeal mechanism where the Labour Court does not deem it to be appropriate to make a recommendation to him following a review of the pay and pension and sick pay entitlements of workers in a particular sector. [44606/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the course or courses of action he may take under the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014 following receipt of a recommendation from the Labour Court on conclusion of its review of the pay and pension and sick pay entitlements of workers in a particular sector. [44607/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the definition of a substantially representative trade union as provided for in the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014. [44608/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific principles and policies the Labour Court will be obliged to have when considering a recommendation following a review of the pay and pension and sick pay entitlements of workers in a particular sector under the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014. [44609/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason it has been deemed necessary to provide for the registration of employment agreements to which there are just two parties, an individual employer and trade union in the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014; and if these agreements which are not legally binding will undermine sectoral agreements as provided for in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if enterprise-level or sectoral agreements as provided for in the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014 will be enforced down the subcontracting chain, with particular reference to the construction sector. [44623/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation where employment agreements are registered by just two parties, an individual employer and trade union, under the provisions of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014, if the terms of the agreement will be enforced down the subcontracting chain or will the terms be applicable only to the principal contractor. [44624/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the provisions of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014 enterprise-level or sectoral agreements will be applicable to a company awarded a public procurement contract but where that company is registered outside of the State and workers of such a company are brought in from outside the State. [44625/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will set out in detail the specific principles and policies provided for in the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014 that he plans for the Labour Court to take into account when considering a recommendation to him regarding a review of the pay and pension and sick pay entitlements of workers in a particular sector. [44626/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation with regard to sectoral orders, if orders will be informed by considerations such as specific principles and policies such as potential impact on competitiveness, employment and so on that the Labour Court will be obliged to take into account when considering whether to make and, if so, the recommendation they will make to him in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation whether the construction-related enterprise-level agreement proposed in the industrial relations (amendment) Bill 2014 will be binding on the construction sector as a whole; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44405/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I have been raising the Kishogue dispute directly with the Minister for weeks to little or no advantage. Will the construction-related enterprise agreements that are proposed in the industrial relations (amendment) Bill 2014 be binding on the construction sector as a whole? It is clear that the current crisis within the construction industry is pushing hundreds of workers into poverty. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The Construction Industry Federation has acknowledged that there is industrial relations instability at the moment because of the absence of registered employment agreements. It has said that this is causing reputational damage to the industry. Workers are being forced into bogus self-employment contracts. They are not getting the industry wage. They are being paid below the minimum wage...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The REAs will not be worth the paper they are written upon if the trend of direct labour within the construction industry being transformed into subcontractor self-employed labour continues. There has been a significant increase in the number of relevant contracts tax, RCT, cases. The CSO figures for the second quarter indicated a 1.14% increase in the number of people working, yet a nearly...

Other Questions: Ministerial Appointments (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the selection and appointment of a panel of adjudicators to effect the dispute resolution aspects of the construction contracts Bill, and the development of a code of conduct for adjudicators of disputes, in consultation with stakeholders will be complete. [44360/14]

Other Questions: Ministerial Appointments (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is four years since the construction contracts Bill commenced its journey through the Oireachtas. When will the panel of adjudicators be selected and appointed and when will the code of conduct for the adjudicators of disputes be completed?

Other Questions: Ministerial Appointments (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Before the legislation was brought into play, there was a wide-ranging consultation process. This consultation process is ongoing after the legislation has been passed and I cannot understand the need for it. The Government knew what was involved in regard to the legislation but it appears no preparatory work has been done. It seems likely it will take the full length of time this...

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Data (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 108. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of civil servants employed annually in his Department between 2007 and 2014. [44362/14]