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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Based on a review of payments made over the period 27th to 30th April, the average time taken for payments to be issued by my Department to outside businesses in respect of goods and services received was 11 days where a valid invoice was received and all necessary tax requirements were in order. The processing of payments by my Department's agencies is a day-to-day operational matter for...

Written Answers — Departmental Surveys: Departmental Surveys (26 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The detailed information being sought by the Deputy, going back to 2004, is currently being compiled across my Department. However, in the short time available to me since the Deputy tabled this Question, I am not in a position to provide those details at present. A full response will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (26 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department provides support to members of staff affected by alcohol/illegal drug use through the Employee Assistance Service and facilitates attendance at treatment and rehabilitation programmes, where appropriate. The cost of such programmes is the responsibility of the officers concerned.

Written Answers — Small Business Sector: Small Business Sector (26 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I am very much aware of the difficulties facing small firms as a result of the current economic difficulties and whilst my Department does not provide funding or grants to business, my Department's continuous support for indigenous companies arises through maintaining a positive business environment and through particular interventions from the State development agencies such as Enterprise...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (26 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department is in receipt of applications under the Insolvency and Redundancy Payments Schemes in respect of Arrears of Wages, Holiday Pay and Redundancy entitlement on behalf of the individual mentioned. The Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Act, 1984 and the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967-2007 state that an employee must be employed in employment, which is insurable for all...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (26 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Under the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967-2007 all eligible employees are entitled to a statutory redundancy lump sum payment on being made redundant. Payment of statutory redundancy is, in the first instance, a matter for the employer. In general, a redundancy situation exists where an employee's job no longer exists. It is up to the employer concerned to determine whether or not a...

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (26 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Act 1984, which transposed EU Council Directive 80/987/EEC into Irish law, is the legal base for the Insolvency Payments Scheme. This Scheme provides for payment of certain entitlements owed to employees by their employer at the time of liquidation. These entitlements include wages, holiday pay, sick pay, minimum notice and pension...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (26 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Under the Employment Permits Act 2006, the prospective employer or prospective employee can submit an application for an employment permit. The fees required for this application can be paid by the applicant.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (26 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The details requested by the Deputy are set out as follows. FÁS Training for Employment Expenditure plus Apprenticeship - 2005 to April 2009 Analysed by FÁS Division Training Services Unit Community Services Unit Services to Business Unit Total Funding Expenditure € m € m € m € m 2009 (April YearTo Date – YTD - Actual) 45.431 44.773 25.690 115.894 ...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (26 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Government announced in the supplementary budget that €128 million was being redeployed across my Department, the Department of Social and Family Affairs and the Department of Education and Science to provide increased support services and activation training places for the unemployed. This has enabled an additional 23,435 training and education activation places to be created from...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (26 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I am happy to say that a working group consisting of representatives of my Department, the Department of Education and Science, the Department of Social and Family Affairs, FÁS and the Higher Education Authority have largely concluded their work on developing the proposals for the Work Placement Programme, which was announced in last month's supplementary budget. I expect that we will be in...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (26 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The recent review of our employment permit arrangements was undertaken by my Department in order to ensure that they continue to be appropriate to the needs of a changing labour market, and were announced following the outcome of a consultation process with the Social Partners. Under the Community Preference Principle, Irish employers must be satisfied that no suitable EEA nationals are...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (26 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The revised permit arrangements for new entrants only, that take effect on 1 June 2009, apply to existing schemes introduced under the Employment Permits Act 2006. A particular focus in developing these schemes was on increasing the rights and protections afforded to migrant workers and the means to ensure redress in the event of exploitative practices. The Act's provisions gave immigrants...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (26 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The information requested is currently being complied and will be forwarded to the Deputy in the coming days.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (27 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Employment Permits Section informs me that a new Green Card Permit has now been approved in this case.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (27 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. The purpose of CE is to help unemployed people to re-enter the open labour market by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (27 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work routine and to...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (27 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The matter raised by the Deputy is an organisational one for Skillnets Limited. I have no function in this matter.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Recalling what I said on the last occasion in response to amendment No. 16, I made the point that the new subsection (12), which immediately follows the amendment before us, provides a defence for anyone who is a director of a company in question. My view is that subsection (12) will provide the adequate defence to which the Senator referred. He also mentioned family situations in which...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Section 10 of the Bill is amended to allow companies which are in a holding company or sister company relationship with a company that has a real and continuous link with economic activity in the State to register in Ireland. The previous wording allowed only those in a subsidiary relationship to such companies to do so but following examination and consultation with the Revenue...