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Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: Not at this point. There is more legislation to come in this area and the Minister will consider the issue in that context.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Minister gave a commitment to Deputies Bruton and O'Donnell yesterday that he would consider the changes and they were satisfied that he had pledged to work with them in this regard.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: No.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: Has Senator Norris joined the Fine Gael benches?

Seanad: Employment Action Plan (20 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Senator for raising this matter and hope to deal with his specific concerns in my response. Pfizer's overall plan to cut its workforce worldwide by 6,000 on 14 sites in the next four years is aimed at integrating the Pfizer and Wyeth manufacturing and supply organisations which, following the Pfizer takeover of Wyeth late last year, now have significant overcapacity. That is...

Seanad: Employment Action Plan (20 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Senator should know that the Minister, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, will ensure Cork is seen as a very important priority in the weeks to come.

Seanad: Health Services (20 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am taking this Adjournment on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Áine Brady. We endorse Senator Keaveney's remarks on supporting people, particularly older people, to live in dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. Where this is not feasible, the health service supports access to quality long-term residential care and we as a...

Seanad: General Practitioner Co-operatives (20 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am taking the Adjournment on behalf of my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Harney. I thank Senator McFadden for her remarks. As she will be aware, the provision of general practitioner, GP, out-of-hours co-operatives is an essential part of our health service policy, particularly of strengthening primary care services and ensuring that, to the greatest extent possible, care needs are met in...

Seanad: General Practitioner Co-operatives (20 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I will ask my officials to contact the Senator directly with regard to the Revenue question. The question of the provision of services is a matter for the HSE and also for local doctors. I will follow up on the Senator's query in that regard.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. The...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to both the Redundancy and Insolvency Payments Schemes on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. I can confirm that my Department processed and paid claims under the Insolvency Payments Scheme in respect of Arrears of Wages, Holiday Pay and Minimum Notice for the person concerned and other former employees...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (25 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am in receipt of the Deputy's representations in this regard and will respond in full shortly. I am advised that the person concerned holds a current Work Permit valid until 19 September 2010 with a particular employer as stated on the Permit. In the event that a person changes employer, it is a requirement of the Employment Permits legislation to apply for a new Work Permit with the new...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that my Department has recently processed this redundancy lump sum claim on behalf of the individual concerned and that payment of the amount due issued on 21 May, 2010.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (25 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Employment Permits Act 2006 sets out in legislation the rules governing employment permits. One of the main objectives of this Act was to increase the rights and protections afforded to migrant workers and the means to ensure redress in the event of exploitative practices. The Act's provisions give immigrants greater freedom, autonomy and control over their own employment choices by...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (26 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: NERA aims to achieve voluntary compliance and has a priority of having breaches identified, rectified, and any sums of money due paid to employees. Where an employer either refuses, or fails to rectify those breaches and/or pay money due to the employees, the case is referred for prosecution. The total for this prosecution type for 2009 was 87. NERA also initiates criminal prosecutions in the...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (27 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (27 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I can advise the Deputy that the numbers of redundancy claims lodged with my Department for County Mayo for the years 2007 to 2009 and to date in 2010 are as set out in Table 1. I should caution that these figures reflect the number of employees who actually qualified for statutory redundancy lump sum payments. They do not reflect those who lost their jobs with less than two years service...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (27 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I can advise the Deputy that the Appeals Officer in the Employment Permits Section of my Department has been in contact with the employer requesting additional original documentation in relation to the case concerned. On receipt of this information a decision will be made on this appeal. Due to a necessary re-prioritisation of resources within the Department, a significant number of staff...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (27 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I...