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Written Answers — Immigrant Support Services: Immigrant Support Services (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: Primary responsibility for general English language training rests with the Department of Education and Science who deliver such training through the adult literacy programmes delivered by the Vocational Educational Committees. They report that resources provided for "English for Speakers of Other Languages" courses has expanded considerably in recent years in response to increased demand....

Written Answers — Skills Requirements: Skills Requirements (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 and 1136 together. In the rapidly changing global environment in which Ireland competes, the changing skills needs of the economy are difficult to predict with certainty. However it is possible to identify trends to assist us make informed policy decisions aimed at minimizing skills shortages in the future. These trends indicate that the skills required...

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

Tony Killeen: On 26 April 2006, the Labour Court made a recommendation regarding the redundancy terms for Irish Sugar workers at the Mallow plant. The court has issued three clarifications of its recommendation since April, butthese failed to achieve a resolution to thedispute. Ireland's system of industrial relations is, essentially, voluntary in nature and responsibility for the resolution of industrial...

Written Answers — Redundancy Entitlements: Redundancy Entitlements (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: In April 2001 the ceiling on weekly wages used in calculating statutory redundancy lump sums was €507.90. Payment was then calculated at a half week's pay per year of service under the age of 41 and a full week's pay per year of service over the age of 41 plus one extra week's pay. Redundancy entitlements were discussed in the context of Sustaining Progress and agreed at two weeks pay per...

Written Answers — Workplace Inspections: Workplace Inspections (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: The number of workplace inspections/visits undertaken by the Labour Inspectorate in 2006 amounted to 15,855. Breaches were detected in 2,250 of these cases. The primary objective of the Labour Inspectorate in the case of the breaches detected was to seek compliance and rectification of any breaches identified, including redress for the individual/s concerned and payment of any arrears due to...

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

Tony Killeen: I have read the report and noted the allegations contained in the magazine article. I have also noted that the company has denied the allegations. The wages and employment conditions of workers employed in Retail Grocery are governed by the Retail Grocery and Allied Trades Employment Regulation Order. I would urge any employee or former employee who is of the view that their employer is not...

Written Answers — Redundancy Claims: Redundancy Claims (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: The Online Redundancy Payments System (RPS) has been fully operational since June 2005. From June 2005 until 31 December 2005, a total of 2,648 online claims were received, this represents 19.14% of the total claims received for the seven-month period (13,837). 10,610 claims were submitted online in 2006, representing 45% of the total of 23,684 claims received. The average online processing...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Authority: Health and Safety Authority (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: The current Chief Executive's term of office does not end until 31st January 2007. Accordingly, a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Health and Safety Authority has not yet been appointed. The appointment of a Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Authority, including a remuneration package, is in the first instance a matter for the Board of the Authority in accordance with the...

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

Tony Killeen: Towards 2016 contains, inter alia, a commitment by the Government to increase the staffing resources of the Employment Rights Bodies generally in order to accelerate the processing of cases through the adjudication and redress system. Included in this section is a commitment that an additional 5 Rights Commissioners will be provided, increasing, as necessary, in line with the Commissioners'...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: The handling, use and disposal of explosives are covered under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Extractive Industries) Regulations, 1997, the Mines and Quarries Act, 1965 and its related regulations, and the Explosives Act, 1875. The Quarries (Explosives) Regulations 1971 as amended (S.I. No. 237 of 1971), which are made under the Mines and Quarries Act 1965, make provision for the...

Written Answers — Flexible Work Practices: Flexible Work Practices (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 provides that the annual leave of an employee who works 10 hours per week is 8% of the total number of hours he or she works in a leave year subject to a maximum of four working weeks. These hours of annual leave are converted into days in accordance with the normal number of hours the employee works per day. The leave year means a year beginning on...

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

Tony Killeen: I, along with my colleagues the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mr Micheál Martin TD and the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food, Mr Brendan Smith TD met with representatives of workers at Castlemahon Foods in October 2006. Subsequently, talks were arranged at the Labour Relations Commission with Castlemahon's parent company regarding non-statutory...

Written Answers — Compensation Payments: Compensation Payments (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: There have been no developments in this case since my response to the Deputy's previous question. The Department referred the file in this case to the Chief State Solicitor's Office in October 2005 to institute legal proceedings against the employer. The Chief State Solicitor's Office in turn referred the file to the State Solicitor for the area in which the employer concerned normally...

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

Tony Killeen: The EU Green Paper currently under examination is of course a discussion document and a wide-ranging consultation is currently in train seeking the views, observations and comments on the matters raised from key stakeholders, including the Social Partners, with a view to the submission of a Government input, in due course, to the open consultation launched by the European Commission. The...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: There is no record of a redundancy claim having been received in this Department in the respect of the person concerned. Illness alone is not a valid reason for redundancy. However, if a redundancy situation obtains in the employment, it would be in order for the employer to make the person concerned redundant, although he is on sickness benefit. The person concerned should approach his...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Killeen: The budget for FÁS programmes for people with disabilities during 2006 totalled approximately €67.71million. Expenditure amounted to approximately €64.83 million, or 95.74% of the total budget. The following programmes were funded — the budget allocated to each in € million is in brackets: Specialist Training Provision 49.37 (47.22) Wage Subsidy Scheme 06.69 (10.25)...

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (6 Feb 2007)

Tony Killeen: As the Deputy will be aware, Ireland's system of industrial relations is, essentially, voluntary in nature and responsibility for the resolution of industrial disputes is a matter for the parties involved. Dispute resolution machinery is provided to help and support parties in their efforts to resolve their differences, rather than imposing a solution on the parties to an industrial dispute....

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (6 Feb 2007)

Tony Killeen: I understand from the Health and Safety Authority that it carried out school inspections in 2006 as set out in the following table: County Primary Schools Secondary Schools Vocational/ Technical Schools Total Dublin 11 4 6 21 Clare 0 2 0 2 Cork 0 1 0 1 Galway 1 0 1 2 Kildare 3 0 3 6 Kilkenny 0 0 7 7 Kerry 0 0 14 14 Limerick 1 3 7 11 Monaghan 0 5 0 5 Mayo 1 2 1 4 Offaly 0 1 0 1...

Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (7 Feb 2007)

Tony Killeen: The Social Partnership Agreement, Towards 2016, provides, among other matters, that the number of Labour Inspectors will be progressively increased from 31 at present to 90 by the end of 2007 as part of the initiative to increase the staffing resources of the Employment Rights Bodies generally. It is expected that assignments to the additional positions will be made from the second quarter...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (13 Feb 2007)

Tony Killeen: The total number of actual redundancies in Meath for 2006 was 719.