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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Employment Support Services (27 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: Yes, the Senator tabled a Commencement matter on the issue so I do not need to tell her about it. I really appreciate her advocacy across this area but particularly in that regard and this one. She hit the nail on the head when she mentioned the difference between equality and equity. Of course, there is absolute equality to access in terms of the grants available but it requires a level...

Seanad: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Motion (27 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: Cuirim fáilte roimh Chathaoirleach Maher agus na daoine as Meiriceá. I am delighted to welcome my old friend Moegie and his guests from the US to the Gallery. There is much to be discussed about Irish-US relations. I am pleased to present to the Seanad a draft sectoral employment order, SEO, for the construction sector. The draft order that was before the Joint Committee on...

Seanad: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Motion (27 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: I very much appreciate Senator McDowell giving me this opportunity to address some of the points he has raised in a wider sense but more particularly in respect of this SEO which is a fundamentally good thing. It should be remembered that these are minimum rates but perhaps not for today but for when we have the economic situation we might perhaps have in the future, given the comments from...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (27 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: The occupation of Sea-fisher is currently on the Ineligible Occupations List and, as such, is not eligible for an employment permit. The Department of Justice report on the Review of the Atypical Scheme for non-EEA Crew in the Irish Fishing Fleet concluded that the employment of non-EEA crew in the Irish fishing fleet, which had been catered for under the Atypical Working Scheme (AWS) since...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (27 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: I propose to take Questions Nos. 233, 235 and 241 together. The Protection of Employment Act 1977 imposes certain legal obligations on employers proposing collective redundancies. These obligations include engaging in an information and consultation process of at least 30 days with employees’ representatives, and to notify the Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Visa Applications (27 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Employment Permits Section of the Department informs me that on 17 April, the application for an employment permit referenced in the details supplied was refused. Upon closer examination, it emerged that the decision to refuse the application was made in error and a decision has been made to grant the permit. The permit issued on 26thApril 2023.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (27 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: Employers are obliged to arrange that a written statement of wages be given to every employee with every payment of wages. If wages are paid by credit transfer, the statement of wages should be given to the employee as soon as possible after the credit transfer has taken place, In every other case, the statement of wages must accompany the wage payment. Every statement of wages must show...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (27 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: The organisation in the details supplied has submitted several applications for the role of Lineworker. The role of Lineworker is considered to fall under the Standard Occupational Classification code 5249 - Electrical and electronic trades. This role is currently on the ‘Ineligible Occupations List’ and, as such, cannot be considered for an employment permit. Ireland operates a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (27 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: Enterprise Ireland surveys its’ portfolio of clients annually to collect employment data. This survey occurs over October/November each year. On the basis of this survey, Enterprise Ireland supported 4,874jobs in Kerry in 2022.This represented an increase of 276 jobs when compared to 2021. Enterprise Ireland has made payments of €23,750,249 in funding to Kerry based companies...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (26 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: Ireland operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The system is vacancy led and managed through the operation of the Critical Skills Occupations List (CSOL) and the Ineligible Occupations List (IOL). The Lists undergo periodic evidence-based review involving a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (26 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: As the company concerned is a client of Enterprise Ireland, my Department has received an early warning report from Enterprise Ireland concerning the planned redundancies in this company. My Department also received a collective redundancy notification in relation to potential redundancies at the company in question on 24 March 2023 and I understand that the employer has commenced the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (26 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: The table below shows the number of Critical Skills Employment Permits that were granted by my Department under the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code 2211 in the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023. These figures include the number of Critical Skills Employment Permits that were granted in respect of General Practitioners during the same period. All doctor...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (26 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: The current Sectoral Employment Order (SEO) for the Construction Sector came into effect on 1 February 2022. The Order fixes the statutory minimum rates of pay and other conditions for example, sick pay and pension entitlements for craftspeople, construction operatives and apprentices employed in the construction sector. Any employer in that sector has a legal duty to comply, at minimum,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (26 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: Since the enactment of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015, 11 applications were made to the Labour Court under Section 2(1) of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 as amended. A recommendation issued in respect of 7 of these applications and 4 were withdrawn by the requesting party. The details of the recommendations which issued are provided below and the decisions are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (26 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Local Enterprise Offices are a ‘first-stop-shop’ for providing advice and guidance, financial assistance and other supports to those wishing to start or grow their own business and act as a ‘signposting’ service for all government supports available to the SME sector and can provide information/referrals to other relevant bodies under agreed protocols e.g....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (26 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: I am delighted to join members for my first time before the committee and pleased to present to the committee a draft SEO for the construction sector. The draft order is proposing to amend the previous SEO made in 2021, which in turn amended the SEO made in 2019, by confirming new minimum rates of pay, pension and sick pay entitlements for workers in the construction sector. This order, if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (26 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: I am heartened to hear that the Deputy not only thinks this is a nice committee to come to but, crucially, I am heartened to hear her broad support and welcome for this SEO. That is the most important thing to put on record. We have had a couple of discussions in the Chamber so far on issues similar to this, be they through oral parliamentary questions or Topical Issues, and I apologise for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (26 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: Absolutely. The strength of this sectoral employment order, SEO, is that it has the agreement of employers and employees alike. They recognise that this is the bare minimum. Employers know this is the bare minimum they need to attract people into professions that are grossly understaffed at the moment, both domestically and from elsewhere. However, they only work if they are fully and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (26 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Deputy very much. I will try to address each of the points raised. The Deputy's first and last points come to the same conclusion, that is, how we attract people into the construction sector to build the homes we so desperately need, the roads, such as the one in Mallow, we so desperately need and so much else beyond. With regard to apprenticeships more specifically, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (26 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: I thank Deputy Stanton and I appreciate his comments about mechanics. They are well received and will be actioned. Regarding travel, provisions for travel time were requested by some parties. The Labour Court has declined to provide it in the SEO. Unfortunately, this is not a matter for me but it is for the Labour Court and its justification is in its own hands; we will have to go by its...