Results 601-620 of 9,147 for speaker:Pat Breen

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: The HSA plays a very valuable role in health and safety throughout the country. The three sectors with which they are mainly concerned are construction, agriculture and pharmaceuticals. We have spoken about the economy and how buoyant it is at the moment. We have seen a revival in the contraction sector in recent times. A lot is going to happen in the construction sector. The action plan...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: The reason the figure was high last year was that there was a pensionable lump sum paid out. That was a once-off payment and it is not on this year's subhead. I am happy that PIAB has the resources to deal with that.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: I am delighted Deputy Donnelly is a great supporter of the LEOs because I, too, am a supporter. I have visited almost half of the local enterprise offices throughout the country over the last two years. I am very impressed by the work they do. They penetrate into every region and county in the country, unlike foreign direct investment which normally sticks to urban areas. The LEOs play a...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: It was 2017. That brought the budget to approximately €22.5 million. That was capital money only. The money has been used by many of the LEOs throughout the country to anticipate what could happen to small enterprises in the context of Brexit. As a company grows and if it wishes to export, its first point of call is its nearest neighbour. The UK is the nearest neighbour for many...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: If more resources are available in the context of the budget, the Deputy can rest assured we will seek more resources for the local enterprise offices. They created 3,700 jobs last year, which represents an increase of 9%. They could do much more, if they were properly resourced. They have sufficient human resources. Most of them have their full complement of employees. If additional...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (22 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13392/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Court (21 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: The Labour Court is an independent statutory office under the aegis of my Department. The Court was established under the Industrial Relations Act, 1946, to exercise the functions assigned to it by the Act. The functions of the Court have been altered and extended by subsequent legislation, including the Workplace Relations Act 2015 which provided that the Labour Court is now the sole...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (20 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: I can advise the deputy that the position under Irish industrial relations legislation is that the law does not confer a positive right to strike, picket or engage in other industrial action. Instead the law confers immunity from civil suits on those that participate in lawful industrial action. Industrial action includes pickets at employer’s premises, secondary picketing, a strike...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (20 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: During the course of the recent extreme weather event a status red alert warning was issued by Met Éireann covering a number of counties, mainly in the Leinster and Munster areas. Under Irish employment law there is no statutory obligation for an employer to pay an employee where that employee cannot attend for work.  Payment of wages in situations where an employee is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (20 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 397 and 398 together. As stated in my reply to the Deputy of 16 November 2017, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) and the Labour Court are independent in the exercise of their quasi-judicial functions. Section 13(2) of the Industrial Relations Act 1969 provides a statutory restriction on the types of Industrial Relations cases Adjudicators...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (20 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: 680. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 23 January 2018, when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11746/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (20 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: 938. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a living alone allowance by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11930/18]

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Civil Marriages (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: I thank the Senator for his interest in this matter. As he stated, lifestyles and the number of marriages taking place are changing. We are living in a very different society. I thank the Senator for raising the issue which I am taking on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, who sends her apologies as she cannot be here....

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Civil Marriages (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: I can see where the Senator is coming from. As he knows, the registration of marriages is governed by Part 6 of the Civil Registration Act 2004. The marriage provisions regulations commenced on 5 November 2007, replacing legislation which dated back to 1844. The main changes were the requirement for all couples to give notice in person of their intention to marry, the introduction of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: I think it may be useful to set out the process by which an application for a Sectorial Employment Order (SEO) in a particular sector is developed and the role that the  Minister and the Oireachtas has in this regard. The Industrial Relations Act 2015 provides a new framework under which proposals for wage setting in particular economic sectors can...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: 408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 23 January 2018, when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11003/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: 555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10957/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: 556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10958/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: 557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11002/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: 558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11039/18]