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Mental Health Services. (7 Dec 2006)

Tony Killeen: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. The case referred to by Deputy Neville is tragic and I wish to extend my sincere condolences to the family concerned. In March 2005, the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children with special responsibility for mental health, Deputy Tim O'Malley, requested the Mental...

Sports Funding. (7 Dec 2006)

Tony Killeen: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Deputy O'Donoghue, on whose behalf I thank the Deputy for raising it. The Department's sports capital programme is an important element in ensuring the adequate provision of high-quality sports facilities to cater for the various requirements of governing bodies, clubs and local community sports...

Housing Management Companies. (7 Dec 2006)

Tony Killeen: I am taking the Adjournment of behalf of the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, with special responsibility for housing and urban renewal, Deputy Noel Ahern. I am glad of the opportunity to outline the action being taken to tackle issues of residential property management and to clarify certain matters. The Government is delivering on its...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (7 Dec 2006)

Tony Killeen: It is this Department's function to ensure that redundant employees receive their full statutory redundancy entitlements. There are no legislative provisions in operation for this Department to compel the Irish Glass Bottle Company to pay amounts over and above the statutory redundancy lump sums to redundant workers from the proceeds of the sale of the site on which the company was located.

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (7 Dec 2006)

Tony Killeen: In accordance with the provisions of the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2003, the company concerned paid the employees their full statutory redundancy entitlements. A 60% rebate amounting to approximately €1.3 million was paid to the company on foot of these redundancies.

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (7 Dec 2006)

Tony Killeen: The National Minimum Wage Act 2000 requires that an employer must pay the appropriate minimum hourly rate of pay. Under Section 19 of the National Minimum Wage Act, the reckonable pay components which may be taken into account in calculating an employee's national minimum entitlement include the following: 1. Basic Pay. 2. Shift premium. 3. Piece and incentive rates, commission and bonuses...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (12 Dec 2006)

Tony Killeen: I propose to take Question Nos. 361 and 360 together. The ADR is an international agreement drawn up by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Its main purpose is to secure the safety of international transport of dangerous goods by road. Ireland's formal accession to the ADR took effect from 12 November 2006. The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 2006 (S.I. No....

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (12 Dec 2006)

Tony Killeen: The Labour Inspectorate of the Department is responsible for monitoring certain employment conditions for all categories of workers in Ireland, including migrant workers. The Inspectorate operates without any differentiation with regard to worker nationality as statutory employment rights and protections apply to migrant workers in exactly the same manner as they do to native Irish workers....

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (12 Dec 2006)

Tony Killeen: The company referred to went into liquidation in October 2006 and in accordance with the provisions of the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2003, lump sum payments were paid directly to 45 employees of the company concerned, in November this year out of the Social Insurance Fund. This Department is not in a position to say what assets the company has other than the plant. There are no...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (13 Dec 2006)

Tony Killeen: The total cost to the Social Insurance Fund of providing for statutory redundancy payments for the first eleven months of 2006 was €150.8m. From these figures, which were based on statutory redundancy payments of two weeks pay for every year of service (together with the usual bonus week), it can be estimated that the current total cost of redundancy payments for the full year will amount...

Written Answers — Seafarer Protections: Seafarer Protections (14 Dec 2006)

Tony Killeen: The named merchant vessel is not registered under the Irish flag. The wages and conditions of employment of workers on board that vessel are, therefore, governed by the flag State's legislation (in this case, Jamaica) and neither I nor the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment have any responsibilities in these matters. I understand that the vessel is subject to Port State Control...

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (14 Dec 2006)

Tony Killeen: Two hundred and forty-four employees who were made redundant between 20 October 2006 and 10 November 2006 from the company concerned have been paid their full statutory redundancy entitlements from the Social Insurance Fund. Most of these claims were processed through our new on line redundancy payments system and paid within four weeks of receipt. There are no further claims on hand at the...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: The issue of corporate manslaughter was considered at the time of the drafting of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill, which ultimately became the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005. The Attorney General was of the opinion that there were much broader issues than safety, health and welfare at work which needed to be considered. Legislating in the relatively confined area...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: Article 40.6.iii of the Constitution of Ireland guarantees the right of citizens 'to form associations and unions'. The Irish Courts have found that the explicit right to associate contained in the Constitution is matched by an implied corollary right to disassociate. Accordingly, it is a matter for an individual to decide whether or not to join a trade union. Trade unions are a vital part...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services defines a posted worker as " a worker who, for a limited period, carries out his work in the territory of a Member State other than the State in which he normally works." The Directive guarantees workers posted to a Member State...

Written Answers — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: The registration of Employment Agreements and the maintenance of the Register of such agreements is a matter for the Labour Court and one in which I have no direct function. Currently I understand that there are 45 Employment Agreements registered with the Labour Court. Information in relation to REAs, and on those which have been registered or varied in recent years, is available on the...

Written Answers — Bullying in the Workplace: Bullying in the Workplace (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: Some months ago, I asked the Health and Safety Authority to update the 2002 Code of Practice on Workplace Bullying in light of the updated requirements in the new Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. The Health and Safety Authority in 2006 has since developed a draft "Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Prevention and Resolution of Bullying at Work" to be published in...

Written Answers — Bullying in the Workplace: Bullying in the Workplace (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: The Report of the Expert Advisory Group on Workplace Bullying was launched and published by me on the 17th August 2005 and it follows on from a 2001 Report by the Taskforce on the Prevention of Workplace Bullying. A recommendation contained in that Report was that a follow up survey on workplace bullying, similar to that commissioned for the 2001 report, be conducted as soon as practicable...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: The total number of redundancies for each year from 2002-2006 is as follows:— Year Total 2002 24,432 2003 25,769 2004 25,041 2005 23,156 2006 23,684 Figures for actual redundancies are collected monthly and are not yet available for January of this year. I propose to provide a statement in tabular form separately to the Deputy in relation to the sectoral breakdown requested. ...

Written Answers — National Training Fund: National Training Fund (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: The National Training Fund allocation for the training of people in the workforce in 2007 is €195.718m and is allocated as follows: Agency €000 Beneficiaries FAS — Training People in Employment 167,635 31,900 Training Networks Programme (Skillnets) 13,500 18,000 IDA Ireland — Training Grants to Industry 2,500 1,300 Enterprise Ireland — Training Grants to Industry 3,160 1,000...