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Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: The employer must compensate the employee for any unused annual leave that was accrued during the leave year in which the employee's employment ceases. If the employment ceases in the first half of the leave year, the employee must be compensated for any annual leave accrued in that leave year and the previous leave year. An employee may present a complaint to a Rights Commissioner if it...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 Nov 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 — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (2 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Employment Appeals Tribunal is independent in the exercise of its quasi-judicial function. However, having made enquiries, I understand that a determination issued to the parties on 8th September 2010. Any appeal lies to the High Court on a question of law and I have no function in the matter.

Job Losses (3 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: I apologise to the House. I made some late changes to my script and no copy is available. I shall provide one to the Deputy and the House first thing in the morning. I thank Deputy O'Mahony for raising this issue on the Adjournment. I share his concerns. As he is aware, Baxter Pharmaceuticals announced last Thursday that it planned to seek 150 permanent voluntary redundancies and the...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (3 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: It has not been possible, in the time available, for my officials to compile the information requested. However, I will forward the information to the Deputy as soon as all the information has been compiled.

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (3 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: Reliable data on the number of workers that come within the scope of Employment Regulation Orders, Registered Employment Agreements and other regulated wages are not available. The table provides details of the number of employers inspected under the REA, ERO and NMW provisions. It shows the total number of employers that were found to be in breach of these provisions. It shows a breakdown...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (4 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: The current Irish law in the area of "transfer of undertakings" is the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 – Statutory Instrument (S.I.) No. 131 of 2003. The Regulations implement the mandatory (i.e. mandatory to transpose) provisions of EU Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 which is aimed at safeguarding the rights of...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (4 Nov 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 (4 Nov 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...

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "— welcomes the commitment in the Renewed Programme for Government to increase transparency by putting as much information as possible on appropriate Government websites to inform the public of the workings of Government and State institutions, by expanding the Freedom of Information Acts to...

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Labour Party motion covers a very wide range of areas, from transparency and Dáil reform to changes in the budgetary and Estimates processes and reform of the public service. I am pleased to inform the House that the Government has been active in many of these areas and that there are commitments in the renewed programme for Government dealing with many of the remainder, while in some...

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: The renewed programme for Government sets out that the application of the Freedom of Information Act will be expanded to include certain administrative matters in the Garda Síochána. The freedom of information central policy unit in the Department of Finance and the Department of Justice and Law Reform have set up a working group that is examining the various issues and challenges relating...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Nov 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 (9 Nov 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 (9 Nov 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 (9 Nov 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 (9 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: In general, it is not my Department's policy and practice to disclose details of redundancy rebate payments relating to specific companies for reasons of data confidentiality. Given the size of the companies referred to, it would be normal for my Department to have, at any given time, claims on hand for processing. Deputies will be aware from recent media coverage that the Department has on...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Nov 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...

Chemicals (Amendment) Bill 2010: Order for Report Stage (10 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Chemicals (Amendment) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (10 Nov 2010)

Dara Calleary: Deputy Penrose's concerns are certainly valid but they are catered for. As I said on Committee Stage, the checks and balances of the Oireachtas oversight of the regulations to be made under this Act are provided in section 36 of the primary Act, which requires and lays out that regulations and orders under that Act have to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas by the relevant Minister....