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Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jul 2020)

Damien English: We did not rule it out of order. After the legislation passes through the Houses we will complete agreements with the banks. Agreements will be signed between the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, ourselves and the banks, which will detail what they intend to do. We will have tables that will show the benefit of the scheme and the guarantee. The legislation is intended to provide...

Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jul 2020)

Damien English: Let us also be clear that we are concerned that if we do not have this credit guarantee a lot of businesses might be in a position where they cannot access funding. They might fail and we would lose jobs. We want to do this, it is a business support and that is what we are trying to do here. Most people understand the necessity of doing that because this lending might not happen without...

Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jul 2020)

Damien English: We are trying to support businesses and support the banks in getting money out to them at a cheaper rate. That is what we are trying to do. There is no cost to the State if the loan is successful, and that is a success all around because we want businesses to be sustained, to survive, thrive and grow. I accept that the banks still have a lot of work to do to rebuild that trust between them...

Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jul 2020)

Damien English: I thank Senator Higgins for tabling this amendment. I know she probably spoke to the first amendment more than the second. I understand that she has genuine issues around that and that she wants to have a genuine conversation. The Senator makes extremely valid arguments about choice and the conversations we must have. I am afraid we cannot have them with this Bill because I am not in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension (28 Jul 2020)

Damien English: Following a successful appeal, the gentleman concerned has been awarded invalidity pension with effect from 20 February 2020.  Payment will issue to his nominated bank account on 30 July 2020.  Any arrears due from 20 February 2020 to 29 July 2020 (less any overlapping social welfare payment) will issue in due course.  He was notified of this decision on 22 July 2020. I...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension (28 Jul 2020)

Damien English: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The department received a claim for IP for the gentleman concerned on 30 June 2020.  The claim was refused on the grounds that the medical conditions for the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension (28 Jul 2020)

Damien English: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The department received a claim for IP for the gentleman concerned on 26 June 2020.  The claim was refused on the grounds that the medical conditions for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension (28 Jul 2020)

Damien English: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The department received a claim for IP for the lady concerned on 28 April 2020.  The claim was refused  on the grounds that the medical...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Correspondence (28 Jul 2020)

Damien English: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. To qualify for IP a claimant must, inter-alia, have at least 260 (5 years) paid PRSI contributions since entering social insurance and 48 contributions paid or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension (28 Jul 2020)

Damien English: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The department received a claim for IP for the lady concerned on 19 December 2019.Medical eligibility has been assessed and she satisfies the medical and the contribution conditions for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (29 Jul 2020)

Damien English: The latest figures available for Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) show that as at 30th June 2020 there were 43,478 individual customers receiving the payment in respect of 48,038 children. On June 30th 2020, there were 725 applications on hand pending decision. The processing targets for DCA section is to finalise 90% of applications within 10 weeks. In June, this target was exceeded...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (30 Jul 2020)

Damien English: I can confirm that my department received an application for disability allowance (DA) from this lady on 23 July 2020. On 28 July 2020 the person concerned was requested to supply supporting documentation required by the deciding officer in order to make a decision on her eligibility.  On receipt of this information a decision will be made on her DA application and the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (9 Sep 2020)

Damien English: I thank both Deputies Nash and Munster for raising this matter and giving me an opportunity to respond on behalf of my Department and its Minister, Deputy Humphreys. 3 o’clock I understand the dispute relates to issues, including a collective agreement, among others that have developed over the past couple of months. I emphasise that Ireland's system of industrial relations is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (9 Sep 2020)

Damien English: I reiterate that Ireland's system of industrial relations is voluntary in nature and responsibility for the resolution of industrial relations issues lies ultimately with employers, workers and their respective representatives as appropriate. I could not be any clearer and I said twice in my opening contribution that I expect all sides to engage with the industrial relations process. That...

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Damien English: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: “acknowledges the difficulties faced by the workers affected by the loss of jobs resulting from Covid-19 and, in particular the liquidation of Debenhams Ireland; notes that: — the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste, as well as the relevant Ministers of State...

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Damien English: -----the sympathy with the former staff of Debenhams.

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Damien English: Is this the way the Deputy wants to go again?

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Damien English: The Deputy will appreciate that this debate was supposed to take place this morning. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, was scheduled to take the debate and to lead off and I was to close it because there is a cross over between our two Departments. The change in today's business meant that there was a conflict and she could not be here this afternoon. Everyone knows what happened yesterday...

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Damien English: That is absolutely the case and I can confirm that she had planned to be here at 10 a.m. I spoke to her on this issue quite a lot over recent days and met with her on it and other matters last week. We all share the sympathies. I have met Debenhams workers and their representatives. We have engaged with Mandate and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to try to tease through possible...

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Damien English: As we all know with regard to Clerys, there was a substantial and valuable property asset on O'Connell Street that was structured as a separate legal entity to that of the failing retail operations business. The Deputies are, by intimation, making an incorrect comparison between the liquidation of Debenhams, where there is actually no evidence of significant assets still being owned by that...