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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2011)

Richard Bruton: Core International license their CorePay payroll system by way of an annual maintenance and support charge on the elements installed. My Department's records indicate that for 2011 this charge amounts to €16,459.32. Additional Core licencing was required for new functionality modules implemented during 2011. My Department's records indicate that these licences cost €30,129 and attract...

Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (25 Oct 2011)

Richard Bruton: My Department does not maintain official statistics on the number of cash for gold companies. As regards the possible link between this trade and criminality I understand that my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality is finalising a report on the "Cash for Gold" trade. I also understand from my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality that his Department has been in contact...

Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (25 Oct 2011)

Richard Bruton: My Department does not maintain official statistics on the number of scrap, iron and metal yard companies. Neither does my Department have any sector specific regulations in relation to these companies. Insofar as there is a possible link between such companies and criminality the appropriate authority for dealing with such criminality would be An Garda Síochána to whom all thefts of...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (25 Oct 2011)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 230 and 231 together. IDA is an autonomous agency set up by statute with a mandate to attract foreign direct investment from manufacturing and internationally-traded services companies into Ireland, and to support new and existing FDI operations so as to maximise the related industrial employment, output, exports, economy expenditures including wages, and...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (25 Oct 2011)

Richard Bruton: The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (No. 10 of 2005) requires every employer to ensure, in so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety health and welfare at work of his or her employees. The employer's duty extends to the design, provision and maintenance of plant and machinery or any other articles that are safe and without risk to health. Regulation 30, of Safety, Health...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (25 Oct 2011)

Richard Bruton: I can advise the Deputy that none of the agencies under the aegis of my Department are commercial semi-State companies.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (25 Oct 2011)

Richard Bruton: Forced labour in the context of trafficking is currently criminalised by the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 which is legislation that falls within the remit of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence. As regards the act of forced labour without trafficking, I would point out that international instruments such as those of the International Labour Office draw a clear...

Written Answers — Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection (25 Oct 2011)

Richard Bruton: The European Communities (Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts) Regulations, which gave effect to the corresponding European Council Directive on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts, applies to any term in a contract concluded between a seller of goods or supplier of services and a consumer which has not been individually negotiated. Whilst contracts for financial services such as mortgages may...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (25 Oct 2011)

Richard Bruton: A comprehensive response to the submission from the Electro-Technical Council of Ireland (ETCI) was sent to Mr Hanly on 5 October. In relation to the issues raised in the submission, in particular, international memberships, the position is that the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) took the view that, given the extent of the public funding, both direct and indirect, provided by...

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (25 Oct 2011)

Richard Bruton: My Department does not provide direct funding or grants to businesses but provides funding to a number of State Agencies, including the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) and Enterprise Ireland, through whom assistance is delivered directly to businesses. The role of the CEBs throughout the country is to provide a source of both financial and non-financial assistance support for...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2011)

Richard Bruton: My Department's ICT End of Year Statement for 2010, as submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, indicates that total expenditure on ICT costs in that year, exclusive of staff costs, was €6,857,783. My Department's ICT Start of Year Statement for 2010 estimates ICT staff costs for the period, on the basis of staff complement and the mid-point salary per grade excluding...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Bruton: I refer the Deputy to Question No. 90 which was answered on 29th September 2011 in this regard. Notwithstanding that this claim was scheduled to take place before the Employment Appeals Tribunal on 17th August 2010, it transpires that the claim was withdrawn on the day. The claimant's representative would have been aware of this as EAT procedures provide that only a claimant or their...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Bruton: I believe that the established dispute settling institutions should continue to play an important role in disputes over trade union recognition. The established procedures can be improved and secured without introducing a mandatory requirement upon employers to recognise trade unions for collective bargaining purposes. There is a commitment in the Programme for Government to ensure that...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (2 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: The net Exchequer provision for my Department for 2011 is €844.840 million. This sum comprises €336.9 million in Current expenditure and €507.9 million in Capital expenditure and takes into account a targeted saving of €14.6 million on Programme Payroll and non-pay administrative savings for 2011 agreed in the context of the development of the National Recovery Plan. This allocation...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (2 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: I can advise the Deputy that my Department neither owns nor has any offices or property leased in County Westmeath.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (2 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: The EU Directive on Temporary Agency Workers (2008/14/EC) is due to be transposed into Irish law by 5 December 2011 and my Department is working to meet this deadline. A central aim of the Directive is to ensure protection of temporary agency workers by applying the principle of equal treatment in their basic working and employment conditions. Government approval for the draft Scheme of a...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (2 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: The current Irish law in the area of "transfer of undertakings" is the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 – Statutory Instrument (S.I.) No. 131 of 2003. The Regulations implement the mandatory (i.e mandatory to transpose) provisions of EU Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 which is aimed at safeguarding the rights of...

Written Answers — Capital Projects: Capital Projects (2 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 140 and 141 together. The matters raised by the Deputy do not fall within my remit but would appear to be more appropriate to my colleague the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government.

Written Answers — Job Protection: Job Protection (3 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: My priority is that any decision taken by Bank of America (BOA) will have minimal impact on employees at the Carrick on Shannon operation and ensure that jobs are maintained at the facility. I emphasised this when I travelled to the USA recently and held discussions with BOA CEO and senior management. While the company has not made any final sale decisions, I am satisfied as to its current...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (3 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: My Department has recently commenced issuing payslips electronically. All staff in my Department and its Offices can now view their payslips and other related payroll documents by logging on to a secure computer application. The new facility replaces the traditional method of providing each staff member with a hard copy payslip and it provides quick and secure access to both current and...