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Insurance Industry: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: I welcome the opportunity to address Dáil Éireann today on this motion. The matters raised are very important and I would like to state that while the Government will be abstaining from the vote on the motion for reasons which I will explain, there are elements of the motion with which we can agree. There is no doubt that the insurance sector in Ireland has undergone a period of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (1 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: Access to the industrial relations machinery of the State is governed by the definition of “worker” in Section 23 of the Industrial Relations Act 1990, which provides, inter alia, that a “worker” means any person aged 15 years or more who has entered into or works under a contract with an employer. In addition, Section 3 of the Industrial Relations Act 1946...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Payments (2 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11079/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (2 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11127/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (2 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: My colleague, Minister Mitchell O’Connor, and I intend to bring forward proposals in response to the Programme for Government commitment to tackle problems caused by the increased casualization of work and to strengthen the regulation of precarious work for consideration by Government. We intend to include protections aimed particularly at low-paid, more vulnerable workers. Our...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (2 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: In conjunction with my colleague Minister Mitchell-O'Connor, I intend to bring forward proposals dealing with the Programme for Government commitments to tackle the increasing casualisation of work and to strengthen the regulation of precarious employment for consideration by Government. I intend to include protections aimed particularly at low-paid, more vulnerable workers. Our proposals...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (2 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: Ireland has a comprehensive suite of employment rights legislation including measures to prevent exploitation in the workforce. We have a well-resourced labour inspectorate, which forms part of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). In addition, where an individual believes they are being deprived of employment rights applicable to employees, they may refer a complaint to the WRC where...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Gender Equality (2 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: Policy responsibility for gender equality in employment remains with my colleagues the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality Frances Fitzgerald TD and her colleague David Stanton, TD Minister of State for Justice at the Department of Justice and Equality with special responsibility for Equality, Immigration, and Integration. To that end, Minister of State Stanton is chairing...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Gender Equality (2 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: The gender employment gap is defined as the difference between the male and female employment rates (the number of male/females aged between 15 and 64 expressed as a percentage of the total male/female population aged between 15 and 64). According to the Central Statistics Office release regarding Quarter 4 2016, the male participation rate is 71.2% and the female participation rate is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (7 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11501/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (7 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12165/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (7 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) with regard to a carer's allowance appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12179/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications (7 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 707. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 548 of 21 February 2017, if he will address an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11635/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (7 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 737. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12164/17]

European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: I thank those who contributed this debate. As the Taoiseach indicated, I will address in greater detail some of the economic issues for discussion at the European Council meeting. Leaders will conclude the first phase of European semester 2017 - the Union’s annual cycle of economic policy co-ordination - and will provide guidance to member states for submission in April of their...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (8 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: I thank Senators Ó Clochartaigh and Conway-Walsh for raising this matter. We are three Member of the Oireachtas from the west of Ireland so we are well aware of the importance of the west coast and the Wild Atlantic Way. I know a company in Quilty in County Clare which has 30 people employed in seafood products and exporting to China so it is an important issue to raise. The role of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (8 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: Just briefly, a Chathaoirligh-----

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (8 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: Yes, but I will pass on Senator Ó Clochartaigh's concerns to the Minister myself. Obviously, this is a very complex issue. The Department is in the process of assessing, with the assistance of the Attorney General, the legal interface between traditional harvesting rights and the current application. That is a very complex issue. It has to be dealt with. It takes time to make sure...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (9 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12646/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (9 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: The Payment of Wages Act 1991 regulates how wages and salaries are paid and what deductions may be made from same. Under this Act, employers must provide a payslip showing gross pay and the relevant deductions.  An employer is not permitted to make deductions from an employee's wages unless the deduction is authorised under the contract of employment, required by statute or is...