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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (13 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: Cabinet approval was obtained on Wednesday last, May 6th, to publish the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015. Publication is expected this week with enactment to follow as expeditiously as possible thereafter. The main purpose of the Bill is twofold: Firstly to provide (1) for the reintroduction of a mechanism for the registration of employment agreements between an employer or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (13 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: Cabinet approval was obtained on Wednesday last, May 6th, to publish the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015. Publication of the Bill is expected this week with enactment to follow as expeditiously as possible thereafter. The main purpose of the Bill is twofold: Firstly to provide (1) for the reintroduction of a mechanism for the registration of employment agreements between an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (13 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: In accordance with the Statement of Government Priorities, I commissioned, last February, the University of Limerick (UL) to carry out a study into the prevalence of zero hour and low hour contracts and the impact of such contracts on employees. The appointment of UL follows a competitive tendering process. The key objectives of the study are: - To fill the gap in knowledge that...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (13 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: Cabinet approval was obtained on Wednesday last, May 6th, to publish the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015. Publication is expected this week with enactment to follow as expeditiously as possible thereafter. The main purpose of the Bill is twofold: Firstly to provide (1) for the reintroduction of a mechanism for the registration of employment agreements between an employer or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Aer Lingus Staff (13 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: I take it the issue that is the subject of the deputy’s question is the reported outsourcing of cabin crew for the new Boeing 767 aircraft which is being leased by Aer Lingus for three months over the summer period to meet seasonal demand on the Shannon to Boston route. I would urge the parties involved to avail of internal dispute resolution mechanisms to try and resolve the issues in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (13 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: A General Approach was adopted by the EPSCO Council on 11th December 2014 on the proposal for a Directive which aims to provide for a more uniform protection of seafarers' labour rights, including the right to information and consultation, and affording seafarers the same rights as those enjoyed by workers on shore. The compromise position agreed by the EPSCO Council reflects the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (13 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: The Central Statistics Office Quarterly National Household Survey indicates that at the end of Quarter 4 2014 there were 116,700 persons engaged in construction, 43,400 of which were self employed. This equates to 37%. Ireland’s body of employment rights legislation protects all persons legally employed in Ireland on an employer-employee basis. Where NERA receives complaints in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (13 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: In accordance with the Statement of Government priorities, I commissioned, last February, the University of Limerick (UL) to carry out a study into the prevalence of zero hour and low hour contracts and the impact of such contracts on employees. The appointment of UL follows a competitive tendering process. The key objectives of the study are: - To fill the gap in knowledge that...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (13 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: In accordance with the Statement of Government priorities, I commissioned, last February, the University of Limerick (UL) to carry out a study into the prevalence of zero hour and low hour contracts and the impact of such contracts on employees. The appointment of UL follows a competitive tendering process. The key objectives of the study are: - To fill the gap in knowledge that...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (13 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: I understand the dispute at the Cadbury Mondelez plant in Coolock relates to redundancies at that site and I would like to assure the Deputy that the State’s industrial relations machinery is available, if required, to assist in this dispute. I know that in similar situations in the past, the parties have facilitated access to commercially sensitive information such as company...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (13 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: Ireland’s robust suite of employment rights legislation contains strong safeguards for part-time workers. The Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 implemented EU Council Directive 97/81/EC into Irish law. The purpose of the Directive was to implement the Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by the European cross-industry organisations UNICE, CEEP and the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Nursing Staff Remuneration (12 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: The establishment of a Low Pay Commission is one of the key commitments in the Statement of Government Priorities agreed in July last. The National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill that provides for the establishment of the Commission on a statutory basis will be published this week with enactment to follow as expeditiously as possible thereafter. The principal function of the...

Topical Issues: National Minimum Wage (7 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: The Cabinet approved my draft Bill to place the Low Pay Commission on a statutory footing. When I publish the Bill in the coming days, Deputy Maloney will be interested to see one of its key provisions is a legal requirement that the Low Pay Commission produce a report on, or before, 15 July each year. There is a compelling reason for providing in primary legislation that the report be...

Topical Issues: National Minimum Wage (7 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. I note that he referred to the recent OECD paper entitled "Minimum wages after the crisis: Making them pay". This is a very interesting cross-OECD report which clearly illustrates that adjustments to the national minimum wage take place within the context of tax and social transfer policies as well as the broader earnings, employment and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay (6 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: The Living Wage concept is grounded in the idea that a person’s wage should be sufficient to maintain a safe, decent standard of living. At an individual level the resources required to achieve a minimum essential standard of living is very dependent on family circumstances and thus the interaction of individual earnings with household income and supports such as Child Benefit, Family...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (6 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: Ireland has a robust body of employment law, encompassing a comprehensive range of employment rights together with both civil and criminal remedies to ensure that individuals can vindicate their rights. This body of law is underpinned by a proactive labour inspectorate. Further, the Workplace Relations Bill 2014, when enacted, will deliver a significantly streamlined workplace relations...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Gerald Nash: Citizens of this republic should be very afraid of any advice proffered by the man who leads a party which is, in Northern Ireland, sacking 20,000 public servants, including council workers, teachers, nurses and slashing social welfare on foot of the Westminster Agreement to which it signed up just before Christmas. His party has said a lot but done very little in Northern Ireland to protect...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Gerald Nash: It is pretty clear from the contributions that have been made in the House yesterday and today and form some of the media coverage around the spring statement that the Opposition parties plainly do not like it. In fact, it is clear they would rather debate anything else. However, I believe it is not so much its content they dislike as its purpose and what it says about where our country is...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Gerald Nash: There are 125 new jobs today.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Gerald Nash: I do; I will be there tomorrow.