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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: 707. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there has been a change in value in payments to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22093/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: 722. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22178/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: 728. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 26 April 2016, the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22255/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Eligibility (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: 729. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 510 of 14 June 2016, the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the young farmer capital investment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22298/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Inspections Data (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 875 and 876 together. The annual Exchequer grant to the Health and Safety Authority is intended to cover the administration and enforcement of the range of legislation for which it carries responsibility. The Authority is charged with statutory responsibilities in the following key areas: - To regulate and promote the safety, health and welfare of people at...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: The provisions of Directive 2013/35/EU were transposed through the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Electromagnetic Fields) Regulations, 2016 (S.I. No. 337 of 2016). The statutory instrument was signed by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D, on 29th June 2016 and came into effect on 1st July 2016. This timeline met the transposition...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Court Awards (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: Labour Court Recommendation LCR 19786 concerns a dispute between 10 Community Development Projects (Employers) and SIPTU. I understand the dispute concerned enhanced redundancy terms for a number of staff employed in the Community Development Projects. This matter was not one of enforcing an employment right where a ruling relating to a breach would be enforceable. It refers to an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: I wish to correct the Deputy O’Brien’s assertion that Employment Permit Section does not accept scanned copies of Tax Clearance Certificates. In general the Section will accept the scanned version where it is a clear and legible copy of the original. Some instances have arisen whereby the quality of scanned copies has not been adequate to satisfy me that the employer has...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Court (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: Section 44(3) of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 provides that an appeal shall be given to the Labour Court not later than 42 days from the date of the decision concerned. The time limit starts to run from the date of the decision and the actual date on the decision counts as part of the 42 day period allowed in which to make an appeal. Section 18(h) of the Interpretation Act 2005 provides...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Court (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: I have brought these matters to the attention of the Labour Court. The court is independent in the carrying out of its statutory functions. I am informed that the number of appeals submitted to the Labour Court; the number of appeals each year that were not heard by the Labour Court because they were considered to be one day out of time; the number of employee appeals each year in each of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Report (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 897 and 898 together. The Low Pay Commission was established last year through the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Act 2015. Its principal function is, once each year, to examine the national minimum hourly rate of pay and to make a recommendation to the Minister respecting the rate, ensuring that all decisions are evidence based, fair and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: UK Referendum on EU Membership (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: As outlined previously, my own Department has been, and will continue to be, fully engaged in the risk analysis and contingency planning work that is being undertaken at cross-Government level, led by the Department of the Taoiseach. Since the announcement of the UK referendum result on 24 June, as part of my contingency plans, I have established a Coordination Group within my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Living Wage (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 902 and 904 together. The Living Wage concept is grounded in the idea that a person’s wage should be sufficient to maintain a safe, decent standard of living. At an individual level the resources required to achieve a minimum essential standard of living is very dependent on family circumstances and thus the interaction of individual earnings with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to tackle the problems caused by the increased casualization of work and to strengthen regulation of precarious work. I am committed to bringing forward an appropriate policy response to the University of Limerick (UL) study on Zero Hour Contracts and Low Hour Contracts report for consideration by Government later this year. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: The Succeed in Ireland initiative was launched by the Government as part of the 2012 Action Plan for Jobs and is designed to lead to additional job creation. The scheme is delivered on behalf of IDA Ireland by Connect Ireland. As of 4 July 2016, IDA Ireland has paid fees of €1,774,500 to ConnectIreland. The number of jobs confirmed as having been created is 453. The annual breakdown...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: There is no separate legal definition of the term “au pair” in Irish legislation, and individuals described as “au pairs”, “nannies” or “child-minders” are not exempted or treated as separate categories of workers under Irish employment law. Ireland’s body of employment rights legislation protects all employees who are legally...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Expenditure (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: Not all Commission members are in receipt of fees; a number of members have waived their entitlement to fees and expenses. Others are ineligible to claim fees under the ‘one person, one salary’ principle. The amounts paid to the individual commission members who are in receipt of fees are set out in the following table. Payments for 2016 represent payments made for Quarter 1...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Trade Agreements (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: I thank Senator Higgins and welcome her contribution. We should have had a debate on these agreements in recent years. The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, is a new-generation agreement that will remove over 99% of tariffs between the EU and Canada. CETA will significantly improve business opportunities for Irish companies in Canada. With CETA, Irish companies...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Trade Agreements (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: We cannot be complacent about trade. We face many challenges in exporting. There are also the international challenges with Brexit, which the Senator mentioned earlier. Negotiating trade agreements takes a long time, they do not happen overnight. We see what is happening with the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP. I will reiterate what is important here. I do not have...

Priority Questions: Low Pay Commission Report (20 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: I thank Deputy Quinlivan for raising this question. The Low Pay Commission was established last year through the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Act 2015. Its principal function is, once a year, to examine the national minimum hourly rate of pay and to make recommendations to the Minister in respect of the rate, ensuring that all decisions are evidence-based, fair, sustainable...