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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (18 May 2022)

Damien English: The Department experienced a significant increase in applications for employment permits in the past year, impacting on processing times. From the start of January to the end of December 2021, some 27,666 applications were received, representing a 69% increase over the same period in 2020 (16,293) and a 47% increase on 2019 (18,811), which itself represented an 11 year high in applications....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (18 May 2022)

Damien English: My officials have agreed with the officials of the Department of Transport to propose an amendment to the Workplace Relations Act 2015 that will grant the WRC the jurisdiction to hear complaints of breaches of the Working Time at Sea Directive. As this is a matter that exceeds the minimum measures contained in the Directive, primary legislation is required. The amendment will be brought...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (18 May 2022)

Damien English: Ireland’s employment permits system is designed to accommodate the arrival of non-EEA nationals to fill skills and labour gaps for the benefit of our economy, in the short to medium term but this objective must be balanced by the need to ensure that there are no suitably qualified Irish/EEA nationals available to undertake the work and that the shortage is a genuine one. The system is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (18 May 2022)

Damien English: The WRC provides two distinct forms of mediation: pre-adjudication mediation and workplace mediation. WRC pre-adjudication mediation is available for any complaint referred to the Adjudication Service where both parties have agreed to participate, and the Director General is of the view that the matter is capable of being resolved through mediation When parties participate in the mediation...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (18 May 2022)

Damien English: As an International Labour Organisation (ILO) Member State, Ireland is committed to ratifying Convention C190. Ratification is being considered in the context of our standard approach to the ratification of international instruments. Ireland does not ratify international conventions until it has been determined that national law is in line with the provisions of the international instrument....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 May 2022)

Damien English: The tables attached show the number of employment permits that have been granted to Chefs in each of the years from 2016 to 11 May 2022 inclusive, and the number of employment permits that have been granted to the other areas of the hospitality sector during the same period of time.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 May 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that, on 10 December 2021, a Critical Skills Employment Permit application for the person concerned (in the details supplied) was received. On 19 April 2022 the application was refused as the annual remuneration on offer was less than €64,000 for a 39 hour working week when the job on offer is not listed on the Critical Skills...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 May 2022)

Damien English: The State's employment permit system is designed to supplement Ireland's skills and labour supply over the short to medium term by allowing enterprises to recruit nationals from outside the EEA, where such skills or expertise cannot be sourced from within the EEA at that time. The system is, by design, vacancy led and managed through the operation of the occupation lists: the critical skills...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 May 2022)

Damien English: The State's employment permit system is designed to supplement Ireland's skills and labour supply over the short to medium term by allowing enterprises to recruit nationals from outside the EEA, where such skills or expertise cannot be sourced from within the EEA at that time. The system is, by design, vacancy led and managed through the operation of the occupation lists: the critical skills...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (12 May 2022)

Damien English: Ireland operates a managed employment permits system which maximises the benefits of economic migration while minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The system is intended to act as a conduit for key skills which are required to develop enterprise in the State for the benefit of our economy, while simultaneously protecting the balance of the labour market. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (12 May 2022)

Damien English: As the Deputy is aware, Government have responded with up to €2.1 billion in measures to date to mitigate the rising cost of living including a personal income tax package worth €520 million, a social welfare package is €550 million & we have reduced VAT from 13.5% to 9% on gas and electricity bills from the start of the month until the end of October. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (11 May 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for the Contract Cleaning Sector came into effect in December 2020. The ERO fixes minimum rates of pay and conditions of employment for workers in the contract cleaning sector and employers in those sectors are obliged to pay wage rates and provide conditions of employment not less favourable than those prescribed. An employer of workers to whom an ERO...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 May 2022)

Damien English: There have been a wide range of measures taken by government to provide support for business during the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic. These supports include access to appropriate and affordable finance, and the Government, working with agencies, the banking sector and alternative finance providers offers additional targeted supports where there are market failures. Further information...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (5 May 2022)

Damien English: The Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 transposed Directive 91/533/EEC concerning an employer's obligation to inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship. The Act provides that an employer must provide its employee with a written statement of the particulars of the employee’s terms of employment. Included amongst those particulars...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (5 May 2022)

Damien English: The State's employment permit system is designed to supplement Ireland's skills and labour supply over the short to medium term by allowing enterprises to recruit nationals from outside the EEA, where such skills or expertise cannot be sourced from within the EEA at that time. The system is, by design, vacancy led and managed through the operation of the occupation lists: the critical...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (5 May 2022)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100 and 101 together. The State’s general policy is to promote the sourcing of labour and skills needs from within the workforce of the European Union and other EEA states. However, where specific skills prove difficult to source within the EEA, an employment permit may be sought in respect of a non-EEA national who possess those skills.  This...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (5 May 2022)

Damien English: Under the Employment Permits legislation my Department applies a range of criteria to both the employer and the employee when assessing an application for an employment permit, including that a contractual relationship exists, minimum annual remuneration requirements are met and that any registration requirements are met prior to issuing the permit. When assessing an application for an...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (4 May 2022)

Damien English: Ireland operates a managed employment permits system which maximises the benefits of economic migration while minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market.  The system is intended to act as a conduit for key skills which are required to develop enterprise in the State for the benefit of our economy, while simultaneously protecting the balance of the labour...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (27 Apr 2022)

Damien English: The consultation process on the Retired Workers Access to industrial relations mechanisms for pension related issues which was conducted by my Department has concluded in recent days. The purpose of this was to seek views on the proposals arising from the Private Members Bill and to establish whether there is the potential for new or enhanced methods of consultation through the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: Although the company concerned is not an Enterprise Ireland (EI) client company, my Department officials confirmed there have been a number of interactions with EI over the last ten years. As a manufacturer of hydraulic solenoids for world markets this company has interacted with EI’s Global Sourcing team on at least two occasions. The Global Sourcing initiative provides multinationals...