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Departmental Agencies. (1 Apr 2009)

Billy Kelleher: It is the same answer.

Departmental Agencies. (1 Apr 2009)

Billy Kelleher: It is a very good answer.

Departmental Agencies. (1 Apr 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The appointment of the new director general of FÁS will be made today. Interviews have been finalised such that there will be an announcement on that issue.

Departmental Agencies. (1 Apr 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The Deputy is asking all the right questions. Putting a deadline on the report would not be possible. We must understand that the Comptroller and Auditor General is a constitutional position. When requested, he agreed to do this. Out of respect to the Committee of Public Accounts, which was investigating the issue at the time, he decided to await its findings. FÁS is implementing some...

Departmental Agencies. (1 Apr 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The setting of remuneration for such a position is a matter for the Department of Finance. Given the backdrop, people are trying to make sacrifices to ensure the broader public buys into our attempts to face current challenges. In light of how things are going, someone might not take the job were he or she paid a Minister of State's salary.

Departmental Agencies. (1 Apr 2009)

Billy Kelleher: I understand Deputy Varadkar's opinions, which are being echoed elsewhere. People are conscious of the need for remunerative packages to be set in accordance with our current backdrop.

Job Losses. (1 Apr 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Will the Deputies still be friends?

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (31 Mar 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Under the Redundancy Payments Scheme all eligible employees are entitled to a statutory redundancy lump sum payment on being made redundant. It is up to the employer concerned, in the first instance, to determine whether or not there is in fact a redundancy situation and to make the relevant statutory redundancy payment to the employee(s). The Redundancy Payments Section of my Department...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (31 Mar 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The Employer Based Redundant Apprentice Rotation Scheme was launched in December 2008. It supports opportunities for up to 500 redundant apprentices to complete phases 5 and 7 on-the-job training and assessments with eligible employers during 2009. The apprenticeships covered by the scheme are those in the construction trades of bricklaying, carpentry & joinery, electrical, and plastering....

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (31 Mar 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The Employment Permits Section informs me that it has written to the applicant requesting some additional information in this case. On receipt of that information this application will be considered further.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (31 Mar 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work routine and to...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (31 Mar 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The table attached shows the average cost per apprentice for the training element of their apprenticeship broken down by trade group. FÁS have supplied information that could be provided in response to the Deputy's question in the time available. FÁS do not apportion staff costs and overheads to the various trades and in addition FÁS do not have information on staff costs and overheads...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (31 Mar 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The Standard Based Apprenticeship programme is an alternance training programme consisting of seven phases of which four are on-the-job with the employer and three are off-the-job in FÁS/Institutes of Technology/ Colleges of Further Education. These off-the-job phases total approximately 40 weeks out of 208 weeks of the apprenticeship programme. Apprentices receive a training allowance...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (31 Mar 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Only FÁS has a role in approving apprenticeships. All employers must be approved by FÁS in advance of apprentices being recruited and registered with them. This is to ensure that such employers can provide the necessary on-the-job training and progress assessments in a way that meets the particular requirements of the apprenticeship system. Other organisations do have a role in the...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (31 Mar 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The following table shows the breakdown of the cost of the allowances for apprentices paid by FÁS in 2008 and estimates of the 2009 allocation. Annual Allowance costs 2008 Actual Estimated Budget 2009 * Trade Group Phase 2 Phase 4 Phase 6 TOTAL Phase 2 Phase 4 Phase 6 TOTAL €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m Construction 22.799 17.289 15.720 55.808 13.071 16.384 16.335 45.790...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (31 Mar 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The information sought by the Deputy is as outlined in the tabular statement. 2007 2008 2009 Phase 2 Phase 4 Phase 6 Total Phase 2 Phase 4 Phase 6 Total Phase 2 Phase 4 Phase 6 Total €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m Allowances 39.02 25.40 26.88 91.31 38.09 27.22 27.56 92.87 25.91 26.80 28.01 80.72 Trainee T&S 8.17 2.30 2.47 12.94 7.37 2.83 2.51 12.72 6.13...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (31 Mar 2009)

Billy Kelleher: I understand that the person to whom the Deputy refers is one of a number of employees who were awarded compensation by the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) in 2006 under the Unfair Dismissals Acts. The Unfair Dismissals (Amendment) Act, 1993 provides that an employee who has not received compensation within six weeks of an EAT determination being communicated to the parties, may apply to...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (31 Mar 2009)

Billy Kelleher: I propose to take Questions Nos. 129 and 130 together. The huge increase in the number of Redundancy Payment claims lodged with the Redundancy Payments Section of my Department in the latter part of 2008 and, to date in 2009 is unprecedented and is giving rise to delays in the processing of redundancy payments for individuals and companies within a reasonable timeframe. The scale of the...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (26 Mar 2009)

Billy Kelleher: I would like to inform the Deputy that an application for a rebate was received in the Redundancy Payments Section of my Department on 3 March 2009. Unfortunately, reflecting the turmoil in the labour market, there has been a huge increase in the number of claims. In the interest of fairness, all claims are being dealt with in order of receipt. Currently, on-line claims submitted in...

Written Answers — Taxi Industry: Taxi Industry (26 Mar 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 in conjunction with the Organisation of Working Time (Inclusion of Transport Activities) Regulations 2004-S.I. No. 817 of 2004 provide that the maximum average working week of 48 hours and the rest periods and rest breaks provided for in that legislation apply to taxi drivers who have employee status. Section 33 of the 1997 Act provides that if an...