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Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: FÁS trainee allowances are directly linked to Department of Social and Family Affairs (DSFA) benefits received by those persons who are unemployed. Consequently, any change to the rate of DSFA benefits is also applied to FÁS trainees, including those who may have already been enrolled on a FÁS training course prior to the 2010 Budget adjustments.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (9 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: The table below sets out by number the educational attainment levels of those individuals entering Community Employment schemes in 2007, 2008 and 2009. EDUCATION 2007 2008 2009 Primary/none/no information 5248 4413 3686 Junior 3514 3196 3429 Leaving 2329 2357 2593 Level 6 Higher Certificate 1112 1052 1008 Level 7 Ord. Bachelor Degree 442 368 383 Level 8 Hon. Bachelor Degree 299 276...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (10 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated and will be forwarded to him as soon as possible.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (10 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: The information requested by the Deputy is being researched and will be forwarded to him as soon as possible.

Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (10 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas le Páirtí an Lucht Oibre as ucht an rún seo a ardú. I am not particularly interested in the mechanics of amendments and counter amendments. I agree we have a problem and I am interested in addressing it. There have been some good ideas and suggestions which I will deal with. The aim of the amendment was not, as Senator Hannigan said, to clap ourselves on the back but...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Deputy did not answer too many journalists' questions.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: It could be the definition of worker party legislation.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputies who spoke today and on the previous occasions for their contributions. I thank my departmental officials for attending and listening. We have noted many ideas and themes from the debate. There is general agreement about the main objectives of the proposed legislation. A common theme of the majority of contributions has been the importance of maintaining protection for...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (11 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in accordance with Standing Order 122(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (11 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: As Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment I do not have a role in the administration of individual cases. The administration of individual cases is a day-to-day matter for FÁS as part of its responsibility under the Labour Services Act 1987. I have requested that FÁS contact the Deputy directly to outline the full range of supports that might be available...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (11 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: As Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment I do not have a role in the administration of individual cases. The administration of individual cases is a day-to-day matter for FÁS as part of its responsibility under the Labour Services Act 1987. I have requested that FÁS contact the Deputy directly to outline the full range of supports that might be available...

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (11 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: The County Wexford Community Workshop (CWCW) is an independent entity funded by a number of agencies including FÁS. The recent pay adjustments, as applied under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009, do not apply to employees of entities such as the CWCW.

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

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 (11 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: As Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment I do not have a role in the administration of individual cases. The administration of individual cases is a day-to-day matter for FÁS as part of its responsibility under the Labour Services Act 1987. I have requested that FÁS contact the Deputy directly to outline the full range of supports that might be available...

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

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 Statistics: Unemployment Statistics (16 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: Based on their own records, FÁS has informed me that there are eleven persons identified as 'career guidance counsellors', who are registered as unemployed with FÁS. The Department of Social and Family Affairs has responsibility for the Live Register and the Deputy is advised to contact this Department for information on the number of career guidance counsellors' on the Live Register.

Written Answers — Employment Regulation Orders: Employment Regulation Orders (16 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: Reliable data on the number of workers that come within the scope of Employment Regulation Orders are not available. The absence of systematic data on the number of workers covered by the joint labour committee (JLC) system is acknowledged as an information gap and has been noted, for example, in a review of the operation of the JLC system for the Labour Relations Commission undertaken by the...

Written Answers — Labour Court Recommendations: Labour Court Recommendations (16 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 to 166, inclusive, together. Responsibility for the resolution of industrial disputes between employers and workers rests with the employer, the workers and their representatives. The State provides the industrial relations dispute settlement machinery free of charge to assist this process, which, in line with the general principles of industrial...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: FÁS training allowances are aligned to a person's entitlement to supports for jobseeker's and Department of Social and Family Affairs rules. Consequently, where a trainee is entitled to a DSFA benefit at course commencement he/she will receive a FÁS training allowance for the duration of the training course. If a trainee is not entitled to a DSFA benefit at the commencement of the training...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Feb 2010)

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...