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Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 5:In page 6, line 17, after “1990.” to insert “For the avoidance of doubt the definition of worker shall also include “retired workers”.”.On Committee Stage, we indicated that we would raise the issue and my colleagues, Deputies Clare Daly and Tóibín, have tabled similar amendments. The issue of retired workers is real...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (25 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: 169. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have Lyme disease added to the long-term illness scheme. [25500/15]

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the introduction of this Bill. It is a significant development and the commission has the potential to be a significant improvement on the current system. The commission has major potential in this area and it should be afforded more. There is pressure on it to deliver its first recommendation, but I would like to see it examine areas such as the living wage because the debate on...

Credit Unions: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I thank my colleague , Deputy Michael McGrath, for giving us this opportunity to put credit unions front and centre in political debate. They have not been discussed for some time. We should acknowledge their important role in the recovery of the country and, most importantly, in the recovery of trust in the financial sector. No matter how much financial engineering and investment goes on,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Action Plan for Jobs (23 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance considering he is the lead Minister for the Action Plan for Jobs, the steps he will take following the latest National Competitiveness Council report entitled Costs of Doing Business in Ireland 2015 which outlines that new business interest rates for non-financial corporations are up to 81% higher here than elsewhere in the Euro area; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (23 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: 149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection following the liquidation of a company (details supplied) in Dublin 1, her views on redundancy entitlements for staff; the actions being taken by the Government in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24742/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (23 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the potential of the EU capital markets union to enable small and medium sized enterprises to have increased access to a variety of sources of capital funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24753/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (23 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: 304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the status of unsecured creditors at a company (details supplied) in Dublin 1, following liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24741/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (23 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: 424. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to clients of residential care facilities in respect of occupational aids that may be required; the person responsible for the purchase of aids for individual residents, such as hospital beds, recliner chairs, wheelchairs and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24684/15]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I would also like to indicate a Report Stage amendment to section 7 to insert sunset clauses into the REA system.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: Can the Minister of State talk us through how the provision in section 8 that the Labour Court can vary the REA without the consent of one or both parties might work? Is that the nuclear option or is there a danger that it may become the default option in the event of difficulties? What are the restrictions around its becoming the default option?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I may table some amendments on Report Stage to ensure that it does not in a future Labour Court become the default option.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I may table an amendment on Report Stage to include the phrase "former workers" in section 13(1).

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I might propose changes to the definitions section on Report Stage on the issue of former workers.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I want to give an indication under section 23 that I might table a Report Stage definition on the question of retired and former workers.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I may table amendments on Report Stage to include former workers in this section.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: He was almost ran out of it.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: The Tánaiste does not have any views.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Protection (18 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: 111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24455/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Clerys Closure (17 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Tánaiste for her response. It strikes me that the differences between the domestic economy and the multinational sector are pointed up in this instance. There were reports in the media for many months on the sale of Clerys. If there was speculation about the future of a multinational that employed 600 or so people, the early warning unit of the Department of Jobs,...