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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (13 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: I thank Deputy Collins for her interest in this area. It is, however, important to acknowledge the point that the Minister, Deputy Bruton, made earlier, namely, that we have seen huge growth in full-time employment in this country over the last 12-18 months in particular, which is borne out by CSO data. The vast majority of jobs created are full-time jobs created by hard-working businesses...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Waste Management Regulations (13 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: Under the legislation re-establishing joint labour committees, JLCs, it is not a matter for the Minister to dictate whether there should be a JLC or another wage setting mechanism. It is a matter for the Labour Court to examine the need for a particular type of wage setting mechanism in a sector. I am always anxious to ensure that there are proper standards in every industry. Last year,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Waste Management Regulations (13 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: There are approximately 100 registered household kerbside waste collection companies operating in Ireland and there are approximately 3,000 waste collection permits currently extant. The industry employs almost 6,000 people directly while the indirect labour figure is less clear. Given the number of companies competing for business in the household kerbside waste collection sector, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Waste Management Regulations (13 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: The HSA, an agency under the aegis of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, decided to undertake a focused campaign of inspection and engagement with the players in the waste management sector last year. The aim was to ensure that there were improved standards of performance in the industry and a renewed focus on workplace health and safety due to the issues of which the Deputy...

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 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...