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Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: I listened for two hours.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: We have advice from many sources that if the amendment is accepted, it is likely it would render unenforceable existing contractual terms that provide for rates of pay to be determined by reference to the prevailing national minimum wage. There is a range of legislation available to an organisation that is subject to more criticism than praise in this House. I refer to NERA, the National...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: The cost of living is included-----

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: -----in the same way in the listing and is not there as a priority but as one of a series of factors to be taken into account. Deputy Penrose raised concerns that we are eliminating the Labour Court from the review function. The Labour Court is centrally involved in the review function. If the review function is initiated by IBEC or ICTU, the Labour Court will do so within 13 weeks. Under...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: It is important to put this on the record.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: I refer Deputy Shortall to the Department of Social Protection document, which was issued in the traditional format on Tuesday night with just facts. That document is still available to provide information.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: The House should note that the National Employment Rights Authority is available, resourced and staffed. The Rights Commissioner is being provided with extra resources in order to supply workers in this area.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (14 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: Unfortunately, I am unable to provide the Deputy with all the specific information he has requested in relation to the breakdown of redundancies between Waterford city and county, as the Department does not collate statistics on that basis. The figures for the redundancy claims received for Waterford county for the past five years and to date in 2010 are set out in the table below. Actual...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (14 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Employment Appeals Tribunal is one of the front-line services directly affected by the downturn in the economy. There has been an unprecedented level of increase in claims being submitted to the Tribunal - from 3,173 in 2007 to 9,458 in 2009. This trend has continued in 2010 with approximately 8,571 new claims lodged between January and the end of November. This level of increase has...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (14 Dec 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. In my...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (14 Dec 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...

National Minimum Wage: Motion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputies for their contributions over the past two nights. I reiterate the Government's intention to restore the national minimum wage to a rate more suited to our present economic circumstances and the specific needs of the labour market today. This shows we are determined to support job creation and restore competitiveness to our economy. Unless steps are taken to address...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (15 Dec 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 — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (15 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: A recent study entitled Review of Labour Force Competitiveness, undertaken by Forfás for my Department, concluded that while 4.9% of employees in Ireland (83,700) were earning €8.65 per hour or less in October 2007, it is likely that the national minimum wage actually influences the wage levels of another 26% of the labour force. On that basis it is estimated that the national minimum...

Written Answers — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (15 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 233, 234 and 235 together. A Joint Industrial Council (JIC) is a voluntary negotiating body for an industry or part of an industry and is representative of employers and workers. JICs are designed to facilitate collective bargaining at industry level in certain sectors. A JIC may apply to the Labour Court for registration if it fulfils the following...

Seanad: Croke Park Agreement: Statements (15 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: I thank the House for its interest in this issue.

Seanad: Croke Park Agreement: Statements (15 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: I wish to update it on the implementation of the agreement. I apologise that I will not be able to remain for the full debate, as I am due to attend the other House later. I last spoke to Members on this topic on 13 October. The country has since been through a traumatic period. I want to put in context the role public service transformation and reform of public administration can play...

Seanad: Croke Park Agreement: Statements (15 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: In the meantime, management and unions, under the auspices of the sectoral implementation bodies that are working in each sector, have been getting on with the job. We are perhaps being too low key about early successes. I want to highlight for Members a few tangible changes that have been happening in many work places across the public service. In the Garda Síochána, revised rosters...

Seanad: Croke Park Agreement: Statements (15 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: It will be necessary for all public service management to follow suit. They too will have to be resilient when staff or their representatives act as if we were living in another era. Change will have to be delivered in all public service workplaces and in the ways that all public servants do their daily business. It is worth re-emphasising that these achievements have been made despite the...

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (16 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Government's decision to reduce the minimum wage to €7.65 per hour was not a condition of the International Monetary Fund/European loans. The Government agreed to a reduction in the National Minimum Wage as part of the National Recovery Plan published on 24 November 2010. The EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support for Ireland, published on 1 December 2010, included a commitment to reduce...