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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (23 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The Health and Safety Authority has a current headcount of 189 which is made up of staff in administration and inspector grades. The current inspector headcount in the Authority is 105 comprising of Grade I (senior inspectors) as well as Grade II and Grade III inspectors. Inspectors operate across all of the Authority’s legislative mandates which include occupational health and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (24 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body under the aegis of my Department, established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. The WRC’s primary functions include the inspection of employment law compliance, the provision of information on employment law, mediation, adjudication, conciliation, facilitation, and advisory services. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Jun 2021)

Damien English: Universal and equitable access to safe, effective and affordable diagnostics, treatments and vaccines is crucial in the global fight against COVID-19.  The EU’s participation in the recent G7 discussions, where additional commitments on the provision of vaccines globally was agreed, bears witness to that. South Africa and India amended their original proposal for a waiver by...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (24 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The total investment by my Department through the Local Enterprise Offices across the three years from 2016 - 2019 in the Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) programme is €5million. The competition that ended in September 2019 cost €2.6 million. A trebling of the fund would require funding to the value of €7.8 million per annum. Since its inception in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (24 Jun 2021)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 182 and 183 together. Ireland operates a managed employment permits system which maximises the benefits of economic migration while minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The system is intended to act as a conduit for key skills which are required to develop enterprise in the State for the benefit of our economy, while...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (29 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body under the aegis of my Department, established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. The WRC’s primary functions include the inspection of employment law compliance, the provision of information on employment law, mediation, adjudication, conciliation, facilitation, and advisory services. It...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Schemes (29 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The main grant scheme in my Department for sole traders which do not qualify for EWSS is the Small Business Assistance Scheme for COVID (SBASC). Phase 1 was a grant designed for businesses that were ineligible for the COVID Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS), the Fáilte Ireland Business Continuity grant or other direct sectoral grant schemes. It was designed to help businesses with...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (29 Jun 2021)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71 and 72 together. The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body under the aegis of my Department, established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. The WRC’s primary functions include the inspection of employment law compliance, the provision of information on employment law, mediation,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (29 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is independent in the exercise of its quasi-judicial function and I have no direct involvement in its day-to-day operations. However, I am informed that the WRC, to minimise delay to the parties, is continuing to schedule hearings. Unless a postponement is granted in advance, all scheduled hearings will commence in the normal manner, subject to the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (29 Jun 2021)

Damien English: I can confirm that the funding in respect of the Restart Grant and Restart Grant Plus do not form part of the tabular funding information provided to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 22 June 2021 which addressed the question in relation to the funding provided to the Local Enterprise Offices.

Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Jun 2021)

Damien English: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after “That” and substitute the following: “Dáil Éireann acknowledges and resolves that the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021 be deemed to be read a second time this day 12 months, to allow for consultation between the Minister for Enterprise, Trade...

Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Jun 2021)

Damien English: I thank all the contributors to the debate. I am sorry I had to step out for some of it. I did not get to hear all the speeches but I did hear the ones at the start. I have an understanding of what the Deputies are trying to achieve with the legislation and I accept that it is a genuine effort. Others made speeches that covered a wide range of areas but did not focus on the legislation or...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The Government continues to work on measures as the recovery phase of COVID-19 continues and welcomes input from stakeholders. Budget 2021 provided a significant package of tax and expenditure measures to build the resilience of the economy and to help vulnerable but viable businesses across all sectors, and the new National Economic Recovery Plan includes €4 billion of stimulus to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Holidays (30 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The legislation which provides for public holidays is the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997. This Act provides that certain days may be prescribed as public holidays. At present, there are nine public holidays. An extra holiday has implications of a broad nature in terms of costs and productivity and has cross-government issues to be explored. Any proposal for the provision of...

Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Damien English: I move: "That the Bill be read a second Time". It is good to be back in the Dáil Chamber. Hopefully, it will not be too long before we get back here permanently. I am pleased to introduce the Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 for the consideration of the House. I propose, in the first instance, to summarise the background to and context of the Bill, the...

Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Damien English: I thank all the Members for their contributions today. I thank the Deputies for their general support of the Bill, their recognition of the urgency to pass it and their co-operation in that regard. Some of the issues raised probably are not the most directly urgent in respect of the Supreme Court judgment but I will certainly follow up on them. I will respond to Members in writing. Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (6 Jul 2021)

Damien English: The provisions relating to seasonal workers and redundancies are set out in the Redundancy Payments Act 1967. Seasonal employees may build up the requisite service required for statutory redundancy notwithstanding that they may work only for a number of months in the year. In the case of seasonal workers who are laid off for an average period of more than twelve weeks per year prior to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (6 Jul 2021)

Damien English: The ratification of ILO Convention C190 is a matter of priority for Ireland and we continue to work towards being amongst the first ILO member States to ratify, with plans to progress the ratification this year. The issue of ratification by Ireland of International Labour Organisation Convention 190, Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work, is being considered in the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Farm Safety (6 Jul 2021)

Damien English: The Health and Safety Authority’s staff complement is composed of both administration and inspector grades. The current inspector headcount in the Authority is 105, comprising of Grade I (senior inspectors) as well as Grade II and Grade III inspectors. Inspectors operate across all of the Authority’s legislative mandates which include occupational health and safety, chemicals,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety (6 Jul 2021)

Damien English: My office has been made aware of a workplace fatality in Dublin Port, however, as the Deputy will appreciate, details and reports of inspections and investigations are an operational matter for the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and is not something that I can comment upon. The HSA has confirmed that this investigation is ongoing rather than having been concluded, the Authority does not...