Results 761-780 of 14,554 for speaker:Dara Calleary
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 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 redundancy payment made from the SIF â 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...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (2 Mar 2010)
Dara Calleary: The information requested is being researched and will be communicated to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (2 Mar 2010)
Dara Calleary: The business referred to by the Deputy could avail of assistance through the Work Placement Programme. The programme is designed to provide unemployed people, including unemployed graduates, with the opportunity to obtain nine months work experience. The placement is unpaid but eligible participants retain their social welfare payments during their placement. Participants gain valuable...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (2 Mar 2010)
Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 to 123, inclusive, together. The information requested is being collated and will be communicated to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (2 Mar 2010)
Dara Calleary: The number of people registered with FÃS as not holding a Leaving Certificate is set out in the table below. County Number of persons registered with FÃS without a Leaving Certificate Dublin City 1,994 Dublin West County 61 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown 105 Dublin North County â Fingal 216 Kildare 340 Meath 207 Wicklow 306 Cavan 101 Louth 335 Monaghan 133 Carlow 148 Kilkenny 149...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 Mar 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 â 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 (2 Mar 2010)
Dara Calleary: Primary responsibility for this sector rests with the Minister of Transport. I can advise the Deputy however that the terms and conditions of employment on board international cruise ships are linked to the State in which the ship is registered. In the case of workers employed on Irish registered vessels, the terms and conditions of those employees on the vessel are subject to the...
- Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (2 Mar 2010)
Dara Calleary: An application for an employment permit in this case was refused on 19th January 2010. An appeal of this decision was received on 1 February and will be considered by the Appeals Officer in due course.
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (2 Mar 2010)
Dara Calleary: The question of term-time arrangements, as provided for under the Department of Finance Circular 14/2009 on the Shorter Working Year Scheme, is a day-to-day staffing matter for FÃS under its functions as provided for in the Labour Services Act, 1987.
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 Mar 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 redundancy payment made from the SIF â 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...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (2 Mar 2010)
Dara Calleary: To the end of December 2009, 186 people had started a placement as part of the Work Placement Programme; 129 took up graduate placements and 57 took up non-graduate placements. To date, 473 people have started placements, 308 of which are graduates and 165 are non-graduates. There are 2,000 places available under the Work Placement Programme, with 1,000 places for the graduate stream and...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (2 Mar 2010)
Dara Calleary: The question of term-time arrangements, as provided for under the Department of Finance Circular 14/2009 on the Shorter Working Year Scheme, is a day-to-day staffing matter for FÃS under its functions as provided for in the Labour Services Act, 1987.
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (2 Mar 2010)
Dara Calleary: Contracts awarded to companies for services carried out on behalf of FÃS are subject to normal public sector procurement procedures.
- Industrial Relations. (3 Mar 2010)
Dara Calleary: I am not saying anything.
- Industrial Relations. (3 Mar 2010)
Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy O'Rourke for raising the matter and acknowledge her service as one of my predecessors. I will not comment on the office as I do not have that much experience in that regard. As the Deputy stated, the chief executive of the Labour Relations Commission, Mr. Kieran Mulvey, spoke on RTE's "The Week in Politics" on 24 January about the availability of the Labour Relations...
- Official Engagements. (3 Mar 2010)
Dara Calleary: The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Martin, and the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Power, have asked me to send their regrets but they both have engagements. Responding to articles which appeared in the Irish, British and Israeli media, the Minister for Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Tuesday regretting the decision of the Carrickmacross Town Council to remove the signature of...
- Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (3 Mar 2010)
Dara Calleary: The majority of permits now being issued are for non-EEA nationals already in the country - categorised either as renewal of existing permits or new permits for individuals changing jobs. Given the relatively high level of unemployment and availability of labour supply at all levels, there can be little grounds to justify the open-ended availability of new employment permits for non-EEA...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (3 Mar 2010)
Dara Calleary: I can advise the Deputy that my Department does not have on record an application for statutory redundancy in relation to the individual concerned. Under the Redundancy Payments Scheme all eligible employees are entitled to a statutory redundancy lump sum payment on being made redundant. Statutory Redundancy is an employment right, and is available to any employee over the age of 16 who is a...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (3 Mar 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 redundancy payment made from the SIF â 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...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (3 Mar 2010)
Dara Calleary: Based on current expenditure levels for existing places the estimated cost of increasing the number of Community Employment places by 5,000 would be around â¬84 million. To double this increase to 10,000 places would therefore cost approximately â¬168 million.