Results 681-700 of 2,815 for speaker:Tony Killeen

Written Answers — Child Care Sector: Child Care Sector (6 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform has responsibility for the EU Equal Opportunities Child Care Programme 2000-2006 and the Department of Health and Children has responsibility for the child care regulations under the Child Care Act 1991. Pay and conditions of employment beyond those provided for in employment rights legislation are matters which can be negotiated and agreed...

Written Answers — Jobs for People with Disabilities: Jobs for People with Disabilities (6 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: "Mainstreaming", as defined in the Report by the Commission for the Status of People with Disabilities, relates to the systematic integration of people with disabilities into the open labour market; by actively creating conditions whereby people with disabilities can compete and operate in the labour market on an equitable basis. All FÁS vocational training is mainstreamed and people with...

Written Answers — Public Holidays: Public Holidays (6 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: I have no intention to create any new public holidays, to transfer existing public holidays to new dates or to downgrade or transfer the existing public holiday which falls on the first Monday in May.

Written Answers — Security Industry: Security Industry (6 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: The regulation of security companies is governed by the Private Security Services Act 2004. The use of exploitative employment practices which contradict existing employment agreements would be unacceptable in a modern industrial relations environment.

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (6 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and regulations made thereunder, which are administered and enforced by the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, require employers to identify the hazards arising in the workplace, assess the risks arising from those hazards and put in place appropriate elimination or control measures. The HSA advises that in accordance with risk assessment...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (6 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: We have a comprehensive body of employment rights legislation which has as its objective the protection of employees against arbitrary behaviour by employers, provision for the safety and health of workers and to foster labour market harmony by promoting policies that minimise conflict and maximise fairness. The full panoply of Irish employment law applies to all persons employed in Ireland,...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (6 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: I understand from FÁS that ex-prisoners qualify for the full range of FÁS services and at any given time a number of ex-prisoners attending FÁS courses may not be identified as such. In addition, the high support process has recently been extended to include ex-prisoners who would benefit from such support. The high support process is an inter-agency response for people who are remote from...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (6 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: As part of the "One Step Up" initiative implementing a key element of the Government's response to the enterprise strategy group's recommendations, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is funding a wide range of supports and services to raise the skill levels of those in employment. Over the period 2005 to 2007 funding for these supports and services will total over €150...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (8 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: The work permit section of my Department informs me that it has no record of a work permit application based on the information supplied by the Deputy. However, individuals can transfer from a holiday working visa to a work permit where there is a continuity of work and an established employment relationship exists between an employer and an employee.

Written Answers — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (13 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: The wages and employment conditions of workers employed in the construction industry are governed by the Registered Employment Agreement (Construction Industry Wages and Conditions of Employment) Variation Order, which is enforced by the labour inspectorate of the Department. The enforcement of the provisions of a registered employment agreement may also be effected under the Industrial...

Written Answers — Wage Levels: Wage Levels (13 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: The Government has improved the position of the low paid through successive national partnership agreements, with increases in the national minimum wage and in the annual budgetary changes to taxation. Wage levels and increases for other groups are agreed within the context of social partnership.

Written Answers — Accidents at Work: Accidents at Work (13 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: I understand from the Central Statistics Office that the only 2004 figures available from it on the number of days lost due to injuries and accidents at work relate to the period December 2003 to February 2004. Table 1 sets out the most recent available information for the relevant period in each of the years 1998, 2002, 2003 and 2004. In the first quarter of 2004, 1,374,813 workdays were...

Job Losses. (14 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. On 13 October 2005, the company in question wrote to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment saying that the plant in Easkey would close over the next three months. As a result of this, the company would make 31 people redundant on a phased basis with the first job losses occurring on 11 November 2005. I understand that the decision to...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Accidents: Road Traffic Accidents (14 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: I understand that the chief executive officer of the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, had a meeting recently with the family and representatives of the person who was killed in the car accident. As a result of the meeting, the CEO has informed me that the HSA is carrying out a review of the circumstances of the accident. Any further action by the HSA will depend on the outcome of the review.

Hospital Accommodation. (15 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: I will be taking the Adjournment on behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. I thank Deputy O'Dowd for raising this matter as it provides an opportunity to outline to the House the position with regard to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be...

Industrial Relations. (15 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and for taking very seriously the points he made regarding the approaches made to him. Ireland is now part of a closely integrated European labour market. On the occasion of the most recent enlargement of the EU in May 2004, the Government decided that, because of the very buoyant economy and the continuing need for labour force participants from...

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (15 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: On 12 December 2002, following the announcement of the closure of the Comerama factory with a loss of over 160 jobs, the Tánaiste, together with officials of the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment, met a SIPTU delegation representing the Comerama workers. From the official minutes of that meeting, it appears that the main concern of the workers, many, if not most, of whom had...

Written Answers — Employment Legislation: Employment Legislation (15 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: Traditionally, the upper age limit for eligibility for redundancy payment was the same as pensionable age within the meaning of the Social Welfare Acts. In 1971 the upper age limit was 70, in line with the then old age pension age of 70. That was revised downwards by the Redundancy Payments Act 1979 to 66 years, which was the new pensionable age set out in the Social Welfare Act. The...

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (15 Dec 2005)

Tony Killeen: I have no direct role in the resolution of this or other similar disputes. I understand that the Deputy's concerns are regarding the reorganisation proposals, where the company has announced that 35 full-time positions will be affected from January 2006. From then, work will be available on a seasonal basis for those staff. It has been reported that the company's proposals could result in a...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (25 Jan 2006)

Tony Killeen: As I indicated in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 311 on 9 March 2005, Council Directive 96/82/EC — the Seveso directive — which was transposed into Irish law through the European Communities (Control of Major Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2000 (S.I. No. 476 of 2000), requires, under Article 12, that the objectives of preventing major accidents and...