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Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Damien English: Everything I have said is true.

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Damien English: That is fine.

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Damien English: I thank the Labour Party for submitting this motion and facilitating this discussion. I listened carefully to the Deputies who have spoken today, both online in the earlier part of the debate and in person in the second half. There is a common and shared objective among them to make remote and flexible working a permanent feature of Ireland’s workforce. I am sorry if I got a bit...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (8 Mar 2022)

Damien English: I intend to launch a consultation into certain matters raised during consideration of the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021 shortly. This consultation will include input from organisations representing retired workers which will assistthe Government in making informed decisions on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (8 Mar 2022)

Damien English: I fully appreciate how difficult the situation is for those people who have been affected by redundancies in the case outlined.  By law, it is the employer’s responsibility to pay statutory redundancy to eligible workers.  In situations where an employer is genuinely unable to pay statutory redundancy entitlements due to financial difficulties or insolvency, the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Mar 2022)

Damien English: There have been a wide range of measures taken by government to provide support for business during the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic. These supports include access to appropriate and affordable finance for business, whereby the Government along with enterprise agencies, the banking sector and alternative finance providers offers additional targeted supports where there are market...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (10 Mar 2022)

Damien English: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (10 Mar 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that two standard General Employment Permit applications for the employer concerned (in the details supplied) were received on 9 February 2022. The Employment Permits Section of my Department are currently processing standard new General Employment Permit applications received on 6 October 2021. Applicants can keep track of Employment...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Mar 2022)

Damien English: The employment permits system is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages, in circumstances where there are no suitably qualified Irish/EEA nationals available to undertake the work and that the shortage is a genuine one.  The system is managed through the use of lists designating highly skilled and ineligible...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (22 Mar 2022)

Damien English: The Government has agreed to have a once-off public holiday on Friday 18thMarch 2022 in recognition of the efforts of the general public and Ireland’s frontline workers during the Covid-19 pandemic and in remembrance of people who lost their lives due to the Covid-19 pandemic. From next year there will be a new permanent public holiday established in celebration of Imbolc/St....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (22 Mar 2022)

Damien English: At the outset, I would point out that the funding of any State funded organisation is a matter for the Minister with policy responsibility for the area in question. Regarding enforcement of recommendations from the Workplace Relations Commission; it is well established that the system of industrial relations in Ireland is essentially voluntary in nature. A complaint may be submitted for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (22 Mar 2022)

Damien English: The factory in Carrickmacross was officially opened in November 2019 when the fit out of the facility was completed.  As a proposed manufacturer of infant formula supplying the Chinese market, the company is required to have their facility fully audited and approved for operations prior to the commencement of any production. As the Deputy may be aware, this process includes...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Damien English: In Ireland, there is a robust suite of employment protections in place.  I wish to confirm to the Deputy that migrant workers benefit from the same statutory employment protections as their Irish and EEA resident counterparts. Along with the Government, our State Agencies, Trade Unions and employer representative organisations are committed to ensuring that every Ukrainian person who...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Damien English: As part of the response to the displacement of persons in Ukraine, temporary protection has been granted to Ukrainian citizens in accordance with Section 60 of the International Protection Act, the Temporary Protection Directive (2001/55/EC) and Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/382 of 4 March 2022. The implementing decision applies from 24 February to those who have fled Ukraine as a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (22 Mar 2022)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 111 and 112 together. Further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 28 September 2021; the European Commission raised a query on foot of a complaint it had received alleging non-conformity of Irish legislation with Directive 2009/38/EC on European Works Councils. My Department has replied to the queries raised. However, as the process is incomplete it is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Mar 2022)

Damien English: The electricity and gas retail markets in Ireland operate within a European regulatory regime wherein electricity and gas markets are commercial, liberalised and competitive. Responsibility for the regulation of the electricity and gas markets is a matter for the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU). The most immediate factor affecting electricity prices in Ireland is high...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Mar 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that a General Employment Permit was issued on 17th February 2022 in respect of the person concerned (details supplied).

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (22 Mar 2022)

Damien English: A whole of Government response is required in order to respond to the recommendations of the Pensions Commission, of which the issue of mandatory retirement clauses is only one element. My Department is considering the Commission's recommendations in relation to mandatory retirement ages in certain contracts of employment. There is no statutory retirement age for employees in Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Mar 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that a Critical Skills Employment Permit application was received in respect of the person concerned (details supplied) on 13th December 2021. The Employment Permits Section of my Department are currently processing standard Critical Skills Employment Permit applications received on 13th December 2021, so this application should be...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Mar 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that on 14th March 2022 the Critical Skills Employment Permit application submitted for the person concerned (details supplied) was withdrawn. I understand that the application was withdrawn as it would not meet the criteria required for a Critical Skills Employment Permit.  The Employment Permits Section of my Department...