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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (10 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: 457. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way a death certificate may be obtained for an Irish person who was resident and passed away in New York but who had no family in the United States of America. [10386/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Insurance Coverage (10 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: 530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the position of those responsible for providing insurance cover for schools used by his Department as polling stations for elections, and referendums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10212/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (5 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: 22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures that will be taken under the Action Plans for Jobs to assist those who are out of work for three years or more; if specific black spots have been identified with high levels of long-term unemployment; the way the State agencies will assist in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6270/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: 115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the rural environment protection scheme. [9696/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (5 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: 257. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to visit property owners in north Mayo who have been affected by pyrite; the supports that have been offered to similar owners in County Donegal; if he will extend these supports to the home owners in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9805/15]

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: Will the Taoiseach publish the list of the Ministers who are not doing their jobs?

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: It cannot get staff.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (4 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on a VAT rebate application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [9436/15]

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: I commend Deputy Michael McGrath on proposing this Bill. Members of this House are often accused of reacting to problems and being behind the curve when problems develop. It is suggested that too frequently, emergency legislation has to be rushed through to solve such problems. Inevitably, that legislation turns out to be deficient when issues arise. In such circumstances, we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: I note that Mr. Jack O'Connor is not in attendance, which is a shame. Is he still in Kerry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: I thank those who have made presentations. Mr. Kelly gave the figure of a €13 billion fall in household consumption from 2008 to 2012, which is massive. That hit the sectors SIPTU is focusing on, primarily retail services, and that figure of €13 billion has not been made since 2012. In that context, how can the loss be made up? What would they say to employers who say their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: To whoever wants to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: Despite the establishment of the joint labour committee structure in the late 1940s, we had to introduce the minimum wage in 2000-01. If the JLC structure is so good why was it necessary to introduce legislation around the minimum wage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: I apologise for interrupting. Are the statistics Mr. Light cited from Shopfloor typical of major retail employers or is the figure especially high in one organisation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Small Firms Association's representatives. Last week, their colleague, Mr. Mark Fielding, proposed that the best way of getting money back into people's pockets was through a taxation-based income return process. Is that something the witnesses would look at? Figures have been quoted about our minimum wage being one of the lowest, but they include self-employed people who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: What percentage is working in the companies that are doing as well as Ms Callan says they are doing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: The minimum wage has just been increased in the UK, so after that increase will we still be higher?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: What about the self-employed on low incomes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: I am sorry, Chairman, but I missed one question. There is a reputation issue concerning the inability to pay mechanism. A lot of businesses speak of the actual mechanism being completely cumbersome. Can Ms Callan talk us through the mechanism for the sake of the meeting?