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Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (15 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. 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...

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (15 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: The number of apprentices who are currently in apprenticeship but are not currently in employment, and who are within six to 12 months of completion is 2,365. Please note that completion of an apprenticeship is contingent on satisfying the criteria for the award of the Advanced Certificate Craft. These apprentices are from the following family of Trade Groups: Construction - 1,656...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (15 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. 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...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (15 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. 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...

Written Answers — Insolvency Payments: Insolvency Payments (15 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department received an application under the Insolvency Payments Scheme on 27 November 2009 for Arrears of Wages, Holiday Pay and Minimum Notice on behalf of the person concerned and some former employees of this company. The impact on business of the severe economic circumstances currently pertaining has resulted in a significant rise in the level of...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (15 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. 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...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (15 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: I can advise the Deputy that the latest figures available to end November 2009 indicate that, on a national basis, the number of redundancy claims awaiting processing stands at 42,591. I should point out that my Department has, since 1 January processed 45,201 claims and made corresponding payments amounting to €287m (provisional figures) which results in average weekly payments to the...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (16 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work routine and to...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: There are a number of training programmes provided by FÁS for persons in employment. Workplace Basic Education Fund Training was provided to a total of 918 persons in employment with low basis skills levels in 2008 and will have provided such training to 2,407 persons in 2009. Screen Training Ireland This programme provided training to 1,574 people in 2008 and to 956 people to date in...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (16 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: There will be a reduction in the Social Welfare linked allowances paid to participants on Community Employment (CE) and Jobs Initiative (JI) programmes and FÁS training courses in line with the Budget reductions to Social Welfare recipients. The FÁS additional allowance for participants on CE and JI will also be reduced from €24.40 and €48.80 per week to €20 and €40 per week...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: Unfortunately, I am unable to provide the Deputy with the specific information he has requested as the Department does not collate statistics for redundancy payment claims on the basis of local authority boundaries. I am sure the Deputy will appreciate that at this time my focus and that of my Department is on ensuring that redundancy payments are processed as quickly as possible. I can...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. 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...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: When individuals in receipt of a social welfare payment commence a FÁS course of more than two weeks duration, they receive a training allowance from FÁS and their social welfare payments are suspended for the duration of the course. Upon completion of the course individuals are required to re-submit a claim to the Department of Social and Family Affairs where they have not secured...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. 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...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. 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...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Tánaiste and I are very concerned about the current delays being experienced by businesses and individuals in the processing of statutory redundancy payments and we have taken measures to improve this situation. However, the delays in processing are not generally of the order referred to by the Deputy if all relevant information and supporting documents have been supplied to the...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (17 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: Please find below the figures as requested by the Deputy. Permits Issued by County 2000 – 2009 (up to 15/12/2009) Year County Total New Renewals Group 2009 7,754 3,904 3,850 0 Undefined * 265 246 19 0 Antrim 1 0 1 0 Carlow 64 34 30 0 Cavan 66 14 52 0 Clare 123 64 59 0 Cork 524 247 277 0 Donegal 106 39 67 0 Down 1 0 1 0 Dublin 3,762 1,882 1,880 0 ...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. 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...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Employment Appeals Tribunal is an independent, quasi-judicial body under the aegis of my Department. Secretarial and administrative support is provided by Departmental staff. Additional administrative resources have been allocated to the Tribunal, both last year and this year, to help it process claims. I am aware that the Tribunal has been taking additional administrative and...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. 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...