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

Tony Killeen: Under the Redundancy Payments (Lump Sum) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 695 of 2004), which increased the weekly pay ceiling for calculating statutory redundancy to €600 from €507.90, the critical date for determining whether the higher ceiling should apply in any particular case is the date on which notification of redundancy was issued. In the case of the employee concerned, the date of...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (25 Jan 2006)

Tony Killeen: My Department recently received the draft text of regulations from the Health and Safety Authority, which are designed to transpose Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances, as amended by Directive 2003/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. This is more generally known as the Seveso 2 directive. The new regulations will...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (25 Jan 2006)

Tony Killeen: There was understandable upset at this tragic accident at Mulranny, County Mayo, where this young woman was killed in December 2004. I have replied to parliamentary questions on the accident and I have received a number of representations from the family concerned and from elected representatives. Following the accident, the Health and Safety Authority made inquiries and concluded that,...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (25 Jan 2006)

Tony Killeen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 740 and 743 together. The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Chemicals Agents) Regulations 2001 (S.I. No. 619 of 2001) deal with protecting workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work. The regulations serve to ensure a workplace using chemical agents must have an associated risk assessment performed, outlining the prevention and protection...

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

Tony Killeen: Government policy on indefinite duration contracts is dictated by the Protection of Employee (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003. The Act provides that a fixed-term contract employee shall not be treated less favourably than a comparable permanent employee in respect of conditions of employment including pay and pensions. To invoke the anti-discrimination provisions in the Act, the fixed-term employee...

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (25 Jan 2006)

Tony Killeen: The system of industrial relations in Ireland is essentially voluntary in nature. The State has established a number of institutions to assist in the resolution of trade disputes between employers and workers. These institutions are the Labour Relations Commission, the Rights Commissioner Service and the Labour Court. The Labour Relations Commission's conciliation service is a voluntary...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (25 Jan 2006)

Tony Killeen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 752 and 753 together. Section 13(1)(c) of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 requires an employee, while at work, "if reasonably required by his or her employer", to submit to any "appropriate, reasonable and proportionate tests for intoxicants by, or under the supervision of a registered medical practitioner who is a competent person, as may be...

Written Answers — Bullying in the Workplace: Bullying in the Workplace (25 Jan 2006)

Tony Killeen: In August 2004, my predecessor, Deputy Fahey, established a widely representative expert advisory group on workplace bullying, the terms of reference of which were to advise and report on the effectiveness of measures relating to the prevention of workplace bullying, the identification of improvements in procedures and how to address the contribution made by bullying to the incidence of...

Seanad: Employment Issues: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Tony Killeen: I wish to speak in support of the amendment to the motion proposed by Senator Leyden. In so doing, I am sure the House will agree that no Government has been more committed to the social partnership process than this one and the previous one, led by the Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern. No other Government has been prepared to utilise social partnership to the maximum in seeking to advance the...

Seanad: Employment Issues: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Tony Killeen: I would have liked to respond to some points but if the Members do not wish me to do so that is fine.

Seanad: Employment Issues: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Tony Killeen: It is €7.65.

EU Services Directive: Motion (Resumed). (26 Jan 2006)

Tony Killeen: I did.

Written Answers — Employment Regulation Orders: Employment Regulation Orders (31 Jan 2006)

Tony Killeen: The wages and employment conditions of workers employed in the hotel and restaurant business are in most instances governed by employment regulation orders made pursuant to the provisions of the Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2004. The hotels employment regulation order applies to workers employed in hotels anywhere throughout the State except the County Borough of Cork and areas known...

Written Answers — Employment Regulation Orders: Employment Regulation Orders (31 Jan 2006)

Tony Killeen: Wages and employment conditions of workers employed in the catering industry are governed by two catering employment regulation orders, one of which covers workers employed in catering establishments in the areas known until 1 January 1994 as the County Borough of Dublin and the Borough of Dún Laoghaire, and the other employment regulation order which covers catering establishments outside...

Written Answers — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (31 Jan 2006)

Tony Killeen: The system of industrial relations in Ireland is essentially voluntary in nature. The State has established a number of institutions to assist in the resolution of trade disputes between employers and workers, including the Employment Appeals Tribunal. I understand that the person referred to in the question has lodged a claim with the Employment Appeals Tribunal. The tribunal is an...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Feb 2006)

Tony Killeen: I enjoyed it all the same.

Written Answers — Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance: Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (1 Feb 2006)

Tony Killeen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 and 253 together. The role of the Health and Safety Authority under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 relates to the protection of workers in all sectors. I am advised by the Health and Safety Authority that no report on the prevalence of MRSA in private nursing homes, geriatric institutions and public hospitals for older people has been...

Written Answers — Employment Rights Legislation: Employment Rights Legislation (2 Feb 2006)

Tony Killeen: Employment rights legislation, with the exception of the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2003, does not impose a retirement age on employees. Such legislation describes an employee as "a person of any age who has entered into or works under (or, where the employment has ceased, entered into or worked under) a contract of employment". However, in some employments, a "normal retirement age"...

Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (7 Feb 2006)

Tony Killeen: The number of inspector posts in the labour inspectorate of the Department is 31. The assignment of previously announced additional labour inspectors was completed in November 2005. That brought the complement of serving inspectors to 31 officers. That increase in staffing represents almost a doubling of the number of labour inspectors in the past 18 months. However, the Deputy may wish to...

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (7 Feb 2006)

Tony Killeen: Responsibility for the resolution of trade disputes is a matter for the parties involved. The State provides the industrial relations dispute settlement machinery to assist the dispute resolution process, which, in line with the general principles of industrial relations in Ireland, is voluntary in nature. The system of industrial relations in Ireland is designed to help and support parties...