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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 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 — 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 the 23rd June 2010 on the grounds that it is current...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (30 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 (30 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 (30 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 — Work Permits: Work Permits (30 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...

Infectious Disease Screening Service (5 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am taking the Adjournment on behalf of the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. I thank Deputy Clune for raising this matter as it provides an opportunity to outline to the House a number of issues in this area. As the House is aware, TB remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. An estimated 9.3 million new cases were reported in 2007, of which 7.8...

Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: As the House knows, the Minister has introduced a prescription charge of 50 cent for prescribed items dispensed to medical card holders subject to no person or family paying more than €10 per month. The prescription charge seeks to influence demand and prescribing patterns in the GMS scheme in a modest way. Prescription charges do not apply to children in the care of the HSE who have...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (5 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: The answers to the Deputy's statistical questions are as follows i. Number of applications received by the Employment Appeals Tribunal as at the 30 September 2010 awaiting allocation of a hearing date; 4,906 ii. Number of such cases for which a hearing date has been given; 3,148 iii. Number of such claims received by the Tribunal not yet acknowledged to which no hearing date has yet been...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (5 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Employment Appeals Tribunal was established under the Redundancy Payment Act 1967. The Tribunal consists of: 1. A Chairman who before appointment shall have at least 7 years' experience as a practising barrister or solicitor; 2. Vice-Chairmen who are either barristers or solicitors with at least 5 years practice; 3. Ordinary Members. Under the Act, all appointments are made by the...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (5 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to the Redundancy and Insolvency Payments Schemes on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. In relation to the claims under the Insolvency Payments Scheme, my Department received applications from the liquidator in respect of arrears of pay, minimum notice and holiday pay for the person concerned in mid-September...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (6 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: As was indicated in the previous parliamentary response by my colleague the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, in relation to contracts which might be regarded as illegal by the Irish Courts, the Irish Courts have taken the view that it would be contrary to public policy to enforce such contracts. A contract of employment between a third country worker required to have a work permit and an...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (6 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: In circumstances where a person is placed on reduced working hours by their employer e.g. a three or a four day week, the redundancy entitlement is calculated on the basis of a full week, provided the employee was put on reduced hours within one year (52 weeks) of being made redundant. If the person is made redundant after the first year of reduced working hours and if it is clear that the...

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (7 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: The minimum rates of pay which are applicable to workers under the age of 18 and to workers in training positions are set out in the following table. Estimates from the Earnings, Hours and Employment Costs Survey, as undertaken by the Central Statistics Office, indicate that there were approximately 47,000 employees paid at or below the national minimum wage of €8.65 per hour as of the...

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (7 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: Estimates from the Earnings, Hours and Employment Costs Survey, as undertaken by the Central Statistics Office, indicate that there were approximately 47,000 employees paid at or below the national minimum wage of €8.65 per hour as of the first quarter of 2010. This represented 3.1% of all employees. The available data does not distinguish between those on the adult minimum wage and those...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (12 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: Unfortunately, I am unable to provide the Deputy with all the specific information he has requested, as the Department does not collate statistics for claims awaiting processing on the basis of local authority boundaries. I am sure the Deputy will appreciate that at this time my focus and that of my Department is on ensuring that redundancy payments are processed as quickly as possible. I...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (12 Oct 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 (12 Oct 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 (12 Oct 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 — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (12 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: I understand from my colleague, the Minister for Finance, who has overall responsibility for the Government's public procurement procedures, the Government Construction Contracts Committee and the National Public Procurement Policy Unit (NPPPU), that this is a matter that would need to be taken up with the relevant Government Departments in respect of the various contracting authorities...