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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Community Employment Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Community Employment Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Damien English: I thank the Senator for raising this matter for discussion. I necessarily agree that we should encourage everybody who is able to work to do so if at all possible. That is why every effort is made by the Government, including the Tánaiste and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, to make the case that work always pays and should always pay. That is why much of the work...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (12 Oct 2022)

Damien English: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am delighted to bring this Bill before the House today. It has been a long road to get it here and there has been a lot of work involved with the committee, colleagues and with public consultation too. As Deputies are aware, the past year has seen a surge in applications for employment permits. That has put a lot more pressure on the...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Damien English: That was not me.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Damien English: The Deputy did not write to me.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Damien English: I will check that.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Damien English: The Deputy might correct that.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Damien English: I have no problem checking, but could the Deputy please correct the record? She did not write to me. I will check the issue for her.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Damien English: I will check the matter for the Deputy in any event.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Damien English: I will try to deal with some of the questions that were raised. I welcome the interest in this Bill and the discussion and debate around it. I thank my colleagues who have stayed for a long time. I recognise there is great interest in this legislation and I look forward to working with Deputies on Committee Stage to bring through the Bill. I acknowledge there is annoyance that we did...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (11 Oct 2022)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 160, 171, 172 and 173 together. Responding to the exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ministers at the WTO Ministerial Conference in June 2022 agreed an outcome in relation to the production and supply of Covid-19 vaccines. The ‘Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement’ provides for a waiver of certain obligations of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 Oct 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that a Critical Skills Employment Permit in respect of the first individual (in the details supplied) issued on 29/07/2020. This employment permit expired on 20/09/2022. The person concerned has been issued with a Stamp 4 Support Letter from my Department to enable them to apply for Stamp 4 permission from the Department of Justice....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: International Bodies (11 Oct 2022)

Damien English: My Department manages Ireland’s membership of the European Space Agency (ESA). One of the principal reasons for Ireland’s investment in ESA programmes is to nurture and build a base of technologically sophisticated enterprises that develop and trial technology solutions via space applications, and then go on to develop new markets in a wide range of application areas based on...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (11 Oct 2022)

Damien English: The Statutory Instrument giving effect to the new Employment Regulation Order for the Security Industry was to apply from 29 August 2022. However, on 24 August 2022, my Department was informed that the High Court had granted an Injunction prohibiting the commencement of the proposed Statutory Instrument. Department Officials have engaged the Attorney General’s office on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (11 Oct 2022)

Damien English: As part of Budget 2021 the Government allocated the Health and Safety Authority an additional pay contribution of €4.2 million. On foot of this additional budget, the HSA undertook an organisational review in 2021 to ensure that the future organisational structures, resources and ways of working would be fit for purpose to meet its broad mandates. This review gave rise to the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 Oct 2022)

Damien English: Ireland operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The system is designed to accommodate the arrival of non-EEA nationals to fill skills and labour gaps for the benefit of our economy, in the short to medium term, and is managed through the operation of the Critical...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (12 Oct 2022)

Damien English: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Oct 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that, on 8thAugust 2022, a General Employment Permit application for the person concerned (in the details supplied) was received. On 6th September 2022 the application was refused. The refusal reasons included the following: - The position on offer is on the list of ineligible categories of employment for employment permits therefore...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (13 Oct 2022)

Damien English: The Statutory Instrument giving effect to the new Employment Regulation Order for the Security Industry was to apply from 29 August 2022. However, on 24 August 2022, my Department was informed that the High Court had granted an Injunction prohibiting the commencement of the proposed Statutory Instrument. Department Officials have engaged the Attorney General’s office on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Oct 2022)

Damien English: Following the review of Occupational Lists, announced in October 2021, additional permits were made available - under quota - for certain roles in the agricultural sector. This included the establishment of a quota of 100 General Employment permits for the role of Dairy Farm Assistant. The quotas issued were subject to a review of labour attraction and retention in the agricultural sector....