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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications Data (8 Dec 2016)

Pat Breen: The State's general policy is to promote the sourcing of labour and skills needs from within the workforce of the State or the EEA. The employment permits system is intended to offer an interim solution where specific skills prove difficult to source within the EEA; it offers a conduit into the Irish labour market for non-EEA nationals with in-demand skills and is operated as a vacancy-led...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Disputes (8 Dec 2016)

Pat Breen: The Deputy should note that Labour Court operates as an independent adjudicative body in carrying out its statutory function and as such it is not appropriate for me to intervene in this or any other matter relating to that function. However, I understand the matter relates to an industrial relations dispute. The case was referred to the Labour Court under Section 20(1) of the Industrial...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (6 Dec 2016)

Pat Breen: 241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38707/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (6 Dec 2016)

Pat Breen: 248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38818/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (6 Dec 2016)

Pat Breen: 363. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38714/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (6 Dec 2016)

Pat Breen: 414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 23 November 2016, when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38706/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (6 Dec 2016)

Pat Breen: 415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 3 November 2016, the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38724/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (6 Dec 2016)

Pat Breen: 416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 398 of 2 November 2016, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38744/16]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

Pat Breen: I thank the Chairman. I, too, am delighted to have an opportunity to discuss the details of the Department's 2016 Supplementary Estimate. As advised by the Minister, Deputy Mitchell O'Connor, I propose to provide members of the committee with details of the local enterprise offices, LEOs, and the Microfinance Ireland elements of the Supplementary Estimate package, which are both supported...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

Pat Breen: I thank Deputy Collins for his question and particularly his support for the local enterprise offices throughout the country. They have played a very important role in our economic recovery, as the Deputy knows. In my role as Minister of State with responsibility for small business, I am in the process of visiting many of the LEOs throughout the country. I will be in Donegal next Monday to...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

Pat Breen: The Minister mentioned I was in India. Enterprise Ireland is planning its trade missions for 2017. Asia will be a central focus for those trade missions. As the Minister, Deputy Mitchell O'Connor has said, I led a trade mission of 14 Irish companies to India in the past ten days. We were focused on the area of aviation, which might be of interest to Deputy Neville since he is from...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

Pat Breen: I thank the Chairman for the question on local enterprise offices. She raised a valid point. It is a question I raised myself when I first came in to the job on awareness of the local enterprise offices. We need to realise that the newly restructured local enterprise offices have only been in place for approximately two years. They have forged a great relationship with Enterprise Ireland....

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

Pat Breen: We had a good year.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (30 Nov 2016)

Pat Breen: On 24thJuly 2012, the Government approved the General Scheme of the Workplace Relations Bill and the priority drafting thereof. This Bill was required to give effect to the Government Decision of 15thNovember 2011 to rationalise the State’s existing employment rights and industrial relations dispute resolution bodies. Following on from these Government decisions the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (30 Nov 2016)

Pat Breen: The Workplace Relations Act 2015 provides for the establishment of a new two-tier workplace relations structure to replace the previously existing five workplace relations bodies. A new single body of first instance called the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) was created from 1stOctober 2015 and a separate appeals body, which is effectively an expanded Labour Court. The WRC incorporates...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (30 Nov 2016)

Pat Breen: The Workplace Relations Act 2015 provides for the establishment of a new two-tier workplace relations structure to replace the previously existing five workplace relations bodies. A new single body of first instance called the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) was created from 1stOctober 2015 and a separate appeals body, which is effectively an expanded Labour Court. The WRC incorporates...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (29 Nov 2016)

Pat Breen: 309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36851/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (29 Nov 2016)

Pat Breen: 343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37523/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (29 Nov 2016)

Pat Breen: I have no plans to amend the provisions of the Organisation of Working Time Act related to Sunday premiums. Section 13(5) of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 provides that the weekly or fortnightly rest period for employees must include a Sunday unless the contract of employment includes a specific provision requiring the employee to work on a Sunday. Section 14 of the Act...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (24 Nov 2016)

Pat Breen: 137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36772/16]