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Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: Where is the legal services Bill?

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: This is supposed to be the revolution.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: There was supposed to be a revolution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: I thank all the groups for their presentations. It strikes me that the only thing that unites them is their doubts about the notion of substantial representation. I would like to repeat a question I have put to previous groups. Do any of the groups have specific proposals that might assist us in our deliberations on this specific issue, which has consistently been cited as a weakness in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the delegates from the Construction Industry Federation and Ibec. I have several questions, some of which overlap. A frustration under the old system, experienced in particular by smaller companies, was that the bigger companies could sustain the cost associated with implementation. They could take the cost on board because of their size and economies of scale. Particularly in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Applications (18 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: 211. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on comments by the director of the Credit Review Office that the limit for loans under the microfinance scheme be raised to €50,000 or €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43846/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Expenditure (18 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: 212. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on allowing loans drawn down under the Microfinance Ireland scheme to be repaid over longer periods and with initial interest holidays to improve the flexibility of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43847/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Applications (18 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: 350. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused individual patient reimbursement payment. [43741/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (18 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions her Department or any officials or inspectors within the Department have had with a school (details supplied) in County Mayo regarding its future staffing requirements or any other issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43942/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (18 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: 503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a voluntary organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo, will have their Leader application finalised; the reasons for the delay being experienced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43948/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: 554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider instructing the National Roads Authority and Road Safety Authority to introduce a reduced speed limit in the vicinity of a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44005/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Registration of Title (13 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when land purchase annuity burden will be redeemed-written off in relation to a folio (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43519/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (13 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance response times on a monthly basis in 2013 and to date in 2014 in County Mayo. [43525/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Communications (13 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: 240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason many essential services are 1890 premium rate numbers; his views that it is unfair that those on pensions and social welfare are expected to pay premium rates to receive information in relation to essential services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43517/14]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Kelleher for giving us the opportunity to discuss the issue, which Deputy Niall Collins and many others have said is a major bone of contention at clinics across communities. Since the Minister's arrival in Hawkins House, he has approached the role with some degree of candour and straight talking which contrasts greatly with his predecessor. However, we will get a chance to...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: I support the spirit of the amendment. In recent years, many companies have used employment law in an anti-competitive way. It is important to emphasise that 90% of employers are both compliant and supportive of employment law. However, the other 10% use it in order to gain competitive advantage in the context of tendering, pricing and how they run their businesses. There have been many...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: I wish to speak in support of amendment No. 10. Deputy Tóibín is right, in that there is a large corpus of employment rights and responsibilities about which most people are not aware. Nor do they know how to access them until such a time as employment relationships have been terminated or soured to such an extent that people seek out their union officials or solicitors. A basic...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: May I make a comment on that?

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: Section 79 of this Bill amends the Pensions Act 1990, which means it is directly relevant to pensioners and deferred entitlements. I have proposed amendments Nos. 5 and 6 to instruct the commission being established under this Bill "not later than six months after establishment day [to] issue a report detailing options to introduce a mechanism". I am asking the commission to look at the...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (12 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: I am generally supportive of the amendments but wonder if they would not be more suited to the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill rather than the Workplace Relations Bill 2014 given that they relate more directly to terms, conditions and contracts rather than the industrial relations machinery of the State. However, I welcome the amendments, particularly those to the FEMPI legislation.