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Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (11 Oct 2006)

Tony Killeen: The number of employers prosecuted by the Health and Safety Authority to date in 2006 for breaches of health and safety law is 22 and the amount of fines imposed by the Courts is €361,000. 9 of the cases were heard in the District Court and 13 in the Circuit Court. In addition, 3 individuals were prosecuted on indictment in the Circuit Court for breach of occupational safety and health...

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (11 Oct 2006)

Tony Killeen: The dedicated budget for FÁS programmes for people with disabilities during 2005 totalled €62.317 million. The actual expenditure of this budget amounted to €56.737 million, representing an underspend of €5.58 million. The principal underspend occurred in the budget for the Wage Subsidy Scheme, due to its later than expected introduction in 2005. The Wage Subsidy Scheme is being...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (11 Oct 2006)

Tony Killeen: The Carer's Leave Acts 2001 to 2006 provide that a person may take leave of up to 104 weeks to care for a person, who is deemed by the Department of Social and Family Affairs to be in need of such care. A person who avails of carer's leave from his or her employment will have his or her employment rights protected for the duration of the leave and shall be regarded as still working in that...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (17 Oct 2006)

Tony Killeen: Section 19 of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 provides that an employee's annual leave entitlement is calculated as follows: (a) 4 working weeks in a leave year in which he or she works at least 1,365 hours (unless it is a leave year in which he or she changes employment), or (b) one-third of a working week for each month in the leave year in which he or she works at least 117...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (17 Oct 2006)

Tony Killeen: The Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003, provides that a fixed-term employee shall not be treated less favourably than a comparable permanent employee in respect of conditions of employment including pay, pensions and other service-related benefits. In order to invoke the anti-discrimination provisions in the Act, the fixed-term employee must find a permanent comparator with...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (19 Oct 2006)

Tony Killeen: From inquiries made in the Redundancy Payments Sections of this Department, I can confirm that there is no record of a claim for statutory redundancy having been made in respect of the person concerned. In accordance with the provisions of the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2003, a claim for statutory redundancy must be lodged within 2 years of the date of termination of employment. Since...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (24 Oct 2006)

Tony Killeen: By letter dated 3rd July 2006, Chorus Communication Ltd., notified me, in accordance with Section 12 of the Protection of Employment Act 1977, of up to 137 proposed collective redundancies from its workforce of 472. The grounds for collective redundancy cited were internal re-organisation and restructuring. The letter stated that the company had written to SIPTU inviting them to discussions...

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (24 Oct 2006)

Tony Killeen: The current dispute between former Greencore workers and Greencore relates to redundancy terms rather than pension issues. On 26 April 2006, the Labour Court made a recommendation regarding redundancy terms for Irish Sugar workers at the Mallow plant. The recommendation provided that redundancy should be 5 weeks' pay per year of service, where a week's pay would be defined as actual...

Written Answers — Redundancy Rebates: Redundancy Rebates (24 Oct 2006)

Tony Killeen: It is the policy of Government to pay a rebate only in situations where the strict criteria stipulating genuine grounds for redundancy under Section 7 of the Redundancy Payments Act, 1967, as amended by Section 4 of the Redundancy Payments Act, 1971 and Section 5 of the Redundancy Payments Act, 2003, are applicable. Statutory Redundancy Rebates are paid to employers who qualify under the...

Written Answers — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (24 Oct 2006)

Tony Killeen: The Employment Appeals Tribunal is an independent body under the aegis of the Department. Hearings of the Employment Appeals Tribunal are scheduled to take place every day, in Dublin and at various other venues. The Tribunal sat in Mullingar on eight separate occasions during 2005, and to date in 2006 hearings have taken place there on five separate occasions. There are twenty-six cases...

Written Answers — Employment Appeals Tribunal: Employment Appeals Tribunal (24 Oct 2006)

Tony Killeen: The Employment Appeals Tribunal is an independent body under the aegis of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment that was established to provide a speedy, inexpensive and relatively informal means for the adjudication of disputes on employment rights under the body of legislation that comes within the scope of the Tribunal. Tribunal members are paid on a per-diem basis. No legal...

Sugar Beet Industry. (25 Oct 2006)

Tony Killeen: I thank the Deputies for raising this matter. In March 2006, Greencore Group plc announced its intention to cease sugar production in Ireland completely. The announcement followed an agreement on 24 November 2005 by EU Agriculture Ministers on a reform plan for the sugar industry involving cuts in the support price of sugar by 36% over four years. The company duly closed the remaining...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (25 Oct 2006)

Tony Killeen: I have arranged for the Labour Inspectorate of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to investigate the circumstances set out in the correspondence furnished by the Deputy. The wages and employment conditions of workers employed in the sectors to which the correspondence relates are governed and safeguarded by Registered Employment Agreements enforced by the Labour Inspectorate....

Crime Levels (2 Nov 2006)

Tony Killeen: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter on the Adjournment. I am speaking on behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, who is unable to be present. I assure the Deputy that the Tánaiste and I share his concerns about recent incidents in Tralee. Earlier this year the Minster of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Fahey,...

Social Welfare Benefits. (2 Nov 2006)

Tony Killeen: I thank Deputy Durkan for raising this issue. I am responding on behalf of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Brennan. The parliamentary question to which the Deputy refers concerns a person who is currently in receipt of an invalidity pension. Prior to being awarded an invalidity pension, he was in receipt of disability allowance with effect from 19 September 2001. The...

Social Welfare Benefits. (2 Nov 2006)

Tony Killeen: The error made when his claim for invalidity pension was originally decided arose from the award of PRSI credits at that time in respect of the period during which he was in receipt of disability allowance. In order to qualify for such credits, the person concerned must have had at least 26 reckonable PRSI contributions paid in the two years prior to the award of disability allowance. He...

Social Welfare Benefits. (2 Nov 2006)

Tony Killeen: They are not reckonable for the purpose of the award of PRSI credits. The original decision to award invalidity pension in the case raised by the Deputy was dependent on the award of such credits.

Social Welfare Benefits. (2 Nov 2006)

Tony Killeen: As he is not entitled to PRSI credits for the period during which he was in receipt of disability allowance, he does not meet the PRSI contribution conditions for receipt of invalidity pension.

Social Welfare Benefits. (2 Nov 2006)

Tony Killeen: The person continues to have an entitlement to disability allowance. Arrangements are being made to revoke the invalidity pension and restore the disability allowance.

Social Welfare Benefits. (2 Nov 2006)

Tony Killeen: The inconvenience caused to the person concerned arising from the incorrect award of invalidity pension is very much regretted.