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

Pat Breen:  My colleague, Minister Mitchell O’Connor, and I intend to bring forward proposals in this area for consideration by Government. In this respect, work has progressed well on developing a policy response to the Programme for Government commitment to address the increased casualisation of work and to strengthen the regulation of precarious employment. We intend to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (21 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 516. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's benefit for a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13462/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (21 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 582. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14158/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 761. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12971/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Expenditure (21 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 1016. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12863/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (21 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 1017. 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. [12898/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Payments (21 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 1074. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Number 538 of 21 February 2017, when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13714/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (21 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 1075. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 529 of 21 February 2017, when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13715/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fishing Industry (23 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: The Workplace Relations Commission's objective is to facilitate voluntary compliance insofar as contraventions of employment rights legislation are concerned. In this regard, Employers/Vessel Owners are afforded all reasonable opportunity to rectify contraventions and, where relevant, pay any unpaid wages and/or make good on entitlements arising from these contraventions.  Following the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15396/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: 508. 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. [15400/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Zero-hour Contracts (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 is the only Act that refers to zero hours practices in Irish employment rights legislation. Specifically, Section 18 of that Act, provides that employees with a certain number of hours (that number may be zero) as well as employees on an as-and-when contracts or hybrid contracts  are entitled to compensation if the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: Subhead C3 provides for just €18.7 million for the workplace relations programme. With the commencement of the Workplace Relations Act on 1 October 2015, two statutorily independent bodies replaced the five previously in existence. From that date, there was a new single body of first instance called the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, and an expanded Labour Court. The most...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: The programme was developed some time ago by the HSA. As the world becomes digitalised and people use smartphones, iPads computers, etc., it is much easier for someone to go online to for information regarding health and safety. A site and an app were developed to look at the risks in industry and it is reaching more than 38,000 business. That is a phenomenal number. This can be...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: It is opt-in. If it is successful and works well, construction companies will take it on board. We have given the HSA an additional €560,000 for 2017 to help the authority to reduce the incidence of accidents in the workplace. We are examining the farming sector closely at present.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: I believe we will have at least as many inspections in 2017, given that the embargo has been lifted. It is important to point out that we are doing things a little differently from before, with changes to the inspection activities, which is very important in the farming sector. The authority is very proactive in regard to inspections. The overall planned number of inspections for 2017 will...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: To be fair, Deputy Collins raised this issue during priority questions some time ago. The remit of the HSA is to deal with the workplace. Theme parks, merry-go-rounds and funfairs do not come under the remit of the HSA as the Deputy rightly pointed out, but we are considering changes to the legislation to see if these theme parks can come under that area. I know the Minister for Housing,...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: I thank Deputy Neville for that comment. His father, the former Deputy Dan Neville was very interested in this area as well. As I have said, I have launched two apps, one from the public sector in conjunction with the HSA and another this morning in conjunction with the Department of Health on health and well-being in the workplace, to make employers and employees more conscious that...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (4 Apr 2017)

Pat Breen: 346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16174/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (4 Apr 2017)

Pat Breen: 354. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16275/17]