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Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 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 (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1690, 1691 and 1706 together. My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. 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...

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: Ireland is one of the 20 EU member states that has national minimum wage legislation. Cross-industry and sectoral collective agreements also apply in quite a number of these member states, as well as in the others that do not have a national minimum wage. In many cases, these agreements stipulate minimum wage levels, above those set in the national minimum wage, that are generally...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. 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 can...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1700 and 1733 together. Table 1 sets out the number of statutory redundancies for the years 2006 to 2009 and provisional figures for January to August, 2010. 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 in...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos.1701 and 1703 together. Under the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967-2007, the objective is to ensure that statutory redundancy payments, due to eligible employees on being made redundant, are made in accordance with the legislative provisions. The legislation places the onus, in the first instance, on the employer to discharge the obligation to pay redundancy...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. 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 can...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1705 and 1708 together. My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. 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...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 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 (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am advised that my Department does not have any record of an employment permit being issued in respect of the individual concerned. Furthermore, it is current Government policy to issue new employment permits for highly skilled, highly paid positions or, in respect of non-EEA nationals who are already legally resident in the State on valid employment permits or, where there is an officially...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am advised that my Department does not have any record of an employment permit being issued in respect of the individual concerned. Furthermore, it is current Government policy to issue new employment permits for highly skilled, highly paid positions or, in respect of non-EEA nationals who are already legally resident in the State on valid employment permits or, where there is an officially...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. 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 wish to...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 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 (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department processes applications in respect of the different types of employment permits — green cards permits, work permits, spousal/dependant permits and intra-company transfer permits. All applications are processed in line with the Employment Permits Act 2006. I wish to advise the Deputy that this application was refused on 2 September 2010 on the grounds that it is current...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: The day-to-day management of IDA Ireland's industrial property portfolio is an operational matter for the agency as part of the statutory function assigned to it by the Oireachtas. I am informed by IDA Ireland that the Westport Business and Technology Park amounts to approximately 15.31ha, of which 9.25ha is available for marketing. To date the following has been the activity on the Park;...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 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 (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department processes applications in respect of the different types of employment permits — Green Cards Permits, Work Permits, Spousal/Dependant Permits and Intra-company Transfer Permits. All applications are processed in line with the Employment Permits Act 2006. I am advised that on the basis of information already provided to my Department in this case that the spouse of the...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 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 (29 Sep 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 (29 Sep 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...