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Written Answers — Social Insurance Fund: Social Insurance Fund (18 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Payment of statutory redundancy is, in the first instance, a matter for the employer. An employer who makes a statutory redundancy payment to an employee is entitled to apply for a rebate of 60% of the total cost from the Social Insurance Fund (SIF). Employees are only paid statutory redundancy lump sums from the Social Insurance Fund where the employer is not, due to insolvency,...

Employment Law Compliance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Some of Deputy O'Keeffe's party colleagues have criticised me for not appointing an even greater number of inspectors.

Employment Law Compliance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The Deputy should convey that view to his colleagues.

Employment Law Compliance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: We have 81.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (17 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Since 2004, Irish labour market policy has been to ensure that general labour and skills needs are met from within the workforce of the European Union. For strategic skills/labour shortages in designated occupations in key economic sectors such as healthcare, information technology and financial services, Government policy is to issue employment permits for the employment of non-EEA...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (17 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: As I indicated in my reply on 9 December, I referred the matter raised by the Deputy at that time to the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) for investigation by them as the authorities with responsibility in that regard. The investigations are day-to-day operational matters for those bodies and are not matters in which I have a function....

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: NERA was established on an interim basis in February 2007. Staff attached to the Labour Inspectorate, Employment Rights Information Unit and Employment Rights Prosecution and Enforcement Unit of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment were subsumed into NERA at that time. 98 members of staff were employed by NERA at 31 December 2007. At 31 December 2008, NERA employed 133 staff...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (12 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The Social Employment Scheme, Teamwork, Enterprise and Community Enterprise Programmes were replaced by the Community Employment Programme. During 1996, 103,300 (6.9%) persons were classified as long-term unemployed. This figure reduced substantially to 20,200 (1.2%) in March-April 2001. The numbers participating on CE were adjusted to take into account the changing labour market...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (12 Feb 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 — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (12 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons (including those with a disability) with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. To cater for older workers in particular, in November 2004 the three year CE capping was revised to allow those of...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (12 Feb 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 — Work Permits: Work Permits (12 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Since 2004, Irish labour market policy has been to ensure that general labour and skills needs are met from within the workforce of the European Union. For strategic skills/labour shortages in designated occupations in key economic sectors such as healthcare, information technology and financial services, Government policy is to issue employment permits for the employment of non-EEA...

Recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland: Motion (12 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: In one minute.

Recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland: Motion (12 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important issue. There is much anger out there among the public and among commentators about the behaviour of individuals in the banking system and the culture that was quite prevalent in certain aspects of banking. This has done untold damage in the sense that it has undermined confidence and credibility, not only in the banking system but in the...

Recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland: Motion (12 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Yes, a surtax.

Recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland: Motion (12 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: I will explain. They are already paying their income tax; this would be a surtax. We should be serious about this. If it can happen in the heart of capitalism, Wall Street in New York, in the context of President Obama's announcement, we too should consider having a surtax on remuneration to executives. I would propose a very steep one of 75% on people earning over €350,000. If they...

Recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland: Motion (12 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: We must be conscious of our position. Many of the unpalatable decisions this side of the House must make are made for the right reasons, in the context of trying to stabilise the public finances and ensuring we have an ability to go into the international markets to borrow for our national development plan. That is equally true of the decision to put money from the National Pensions Reserve...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The Redundancy Payments Section of my Department with responsibility for the administration of the Redundancy Payments Scheme referred this matter in November 2008 to the Scope Section of the Department of Social and Family Affairs for further clarification as to entitlement under insurable criteria. My Department is awaiting the outcome of this referral in order to proceed with the...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (11 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The figures requested by the Deputy are set out in the following table. Employment Permits Issued to US citizens from 1998 to 2009 (up to 9/2/2009) New Renewals Issued 2009 47 7 54 2008 736 131 867 2007 815 391 1,206 2006 606 438 1,044 2005 577 479 1,056 2004 535 410 945 2003 600 371 971 2002 474 319 793 2001 719 255 974 2000 817 243 1,060 1999 598 299 897 1998 998 443 1,441

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 Feb 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Up until mid 2008, our customer service targets for processing correctly completed redundancy claims were, in order of priority: four-six weeks for statutory redundancy lump sum claims to employees whose employers failed to pay the statutory entitlement; six weeks where claims were correctly submitted online, hard copy printed down correctly signed and sent in by employer; 10+ for manual...