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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment administers the employment permits legislation and criteria for the granting of employment permit permissions to work in the State. Immigration policy and the conditions attached to Stamp permissions falls under the remit of the Department of Justice. It should be noted that a Stamp 3 immigration permission provides permission to remain in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Universal and equitable access to safe, effective and affordable vaccines, diagnostics and treatments is crucial in the global fight against COVID-19. International Trade is a competence of the EU under the Treaties and in exercising that competence, the European Commission engages fully with the Member States, including Ireland, through a variety of Committees and Working Parties/Groups,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Government agreed to a timed amendment to the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021. This will allow time, as I outlined on the floor of the Dáil, to examine the issues carefully and to ensure that all stakeholders are consulted. This process will commence in the coming weeks and will involve both public consultation and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: On 27th October the Tánaistereceived Government approval to draft a Bill that will prohibit the use of tips and gratuities to ‘make up’ contractual rates of pay and will require employers to clearly display their policy on how tips, gratuities and service charges are distributed. This will ensure that tips and gratuities are additional to a worker’s wage and are not...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that a General Employment Permit application in respect of the individual (details supplied) was received on 22nd November 2021. Applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. Employment Permits Section are currently processing standard applications received on 11th August 2021. Applicants can keep track of current...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that a Critical Skills Employment Permit application was received for the person concerned (details supplied) on 16th November 2021. Applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. The Employment Permits Section of my Department are currently processing standard applications received on 11th August 2021. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Consultations (8 Dec 2021)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 28 to 30, inclusive, and 35 together. The Government has agreed to a timed amendment to the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021. This will allow time, as the Tánaiste outlined on the floor of the Dáil, to examine the issues carefully and to ensure that all stakeholders are consulted....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Universal and equitable access to safe, effective and affordable vaccines, diagnostics and treatments is crucial in the global fight against COVID-19. International Trade is a competence of the EU under the Treaties and in exercising that competence, the European Commission engages fully with the Member States, including Ireland, through a variety of Committees and Working Parties/Groups,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: I thank the Deputy for the question, which gives me an opportunity to provide an update on the report and our action plan. Ireland has a robust suite of legislation to protect and support workers facing redundancies. The Cahill Duffy report was in response to particular terms of reference that were quite narrow and specific and do not address the generality of redundancies that arise in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: I have to point out the Cahill Duffy report was in response to particular terms of reference that were quite narrow with regard to the case in Clerys. The authors of that report presented it to the Deputy’s committee and quite clearly said that the implementation of their report would not have prevented what happened in Debenhams. That was very loud and clear. We have allowed a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: As a result of what happened in Debenhams, the Tánaiste, the Minister of State, Deputy Troy and myself met with the employees at Debenhams and said that in line with the programme for Government, we would review the legislation to see if we could strengthen, enhance and make it better. It was from that that the plan of action would come. It is not a case of saying that if we...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: We all have a concern and that is why we are committed to this and there is a fund set aside to work with businesses and to support them right through the final stages of Covid-19, and recovery from that into the new year. There will be more announcements in that space today. We are very much committed to saving these jobs. I have not seen the Deputy’s committee report on the Duffy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The question related to the permit, so I will focus on that in a moment. In general, we try to analyse and identify any areas where there are critical skills gaps or a shortage of labour. The Department regularly engages with stakeholders through the various forums and also individually with different sectors and groups. We carry out a detailed analysis twice a year on every sector in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: A couple of issues have been raised. The first is that of home care workers. I did not see Deputy Ó Cuív's debate during the week, but it was discussed with the Taoiseach last week in the House. It is an issue we all have commented on lately. We are engaging, and will engage, with the home care providers in the sector to try to gather the evidence to make the case. We carried...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: I am sorry, Chair, but there were three questions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: I will respond to Deputy Stanton shortly.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: On the second issue, the Minister is driving a lot of changes-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: -----to make work pay and to ensure the conditions and rights of labour, backed by the Government, are made more attractive to try to attract people to work. The Deputy mentioned the hospitality sector. On one hand, there are thousands of jobs available in that sector, and we have given permits and prioritised certain areas, such as chefs and so forth. On the other hand, if one analyses...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Can I add a last comment regarding the processing of permits?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: I will share the information with Deputy Ó Cuív later.