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Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (28 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I can...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (27 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 549, 550, 553 and 554 together. My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (27 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department processes applications in respect of the different types of employment permits - Green Cards Permits, Work Permits, Spousal/Dependant Permits and Intra-company Transfer Permits. All applications are processed in line with the Employment Permits Act 2006. I wish to advise the Deputy that this application was received in the Employment Permits Section of my Department on the 20th...

Macro-Economic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (27 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: Fine Gael and Labour supported the agreement.

Macro-Economic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (27 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Deputy will not quote last week's Irish Times.

Loan Guarantee Scheme: Motion (Resumed). (20 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: I commend the amendment to the House. I thank Deputies on all sides of the House for their contributions in this debate. The nub of the Opposition's motion and the contributions of all Deputies is how to get access to credit and finance. It is clear that the Government's actions in addressing the financial crisis within the banking sector are fundamental to providing a capacity for banks to...

Loan Guarantee Scheme: Motion (Resumed). (20 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: -----in re-establishing their customer relationships and credibility. Banks are currently providing lending to businesses in the order of €32 billion. However, it is not just being left to the banks to give assurances. There is close measurement of their performance in meeting lending targets, in disclosing their lending policies and in reviewing cases where credit has been refused to...

Loan Guarantee Scheme: Motion (Resumed). (20 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: The reference to 20 cases fails to have regard to the huge volumes of other inquiries handled by the office and the impact the office has had on the main banks in establishing formal internal appeals mechanisms for handling their own review processes.

Loan Guarantee Scheme: Motion (Resumed). (20 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: For the first quarter of its operations, the Credit Review Office had 2,650 visits to its website and nearly 200 calls to its helpline, which is much more than the review of 20 cases mentioned in the office's first quarterly report. The House should support the work of the office and encourage SMEs to refer cases to the Credit Review Office. I draw the attention of Members to the remarks by...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (19 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: In 2009, the number of cases, that were allocated a date for hearing, was 3,508. Some of these would have been allocated a 2010 Hearing date. In the period January to September 2010, the number of cases that were allocated a date for Hearing was 3,148. In 2009, the number of cases disposed of was 5,053. Some of these would have been allocated a 2009 Hearing date in 2008. In the period...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I wish to...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I can...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I wish to...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: Under the Redundancy Payments Acts all eligible employees are entitled to a statutory redundancy lump sum payment on being made redundant. The scheme provides that an employee is entitled to two weeks pay for every year of service, plus a bonus week, subject to the prevailing maximum ceiling on gross weekly pay that is currently set at €600. The statutory redundancy scheme operated by the...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (19 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: The matters raised by the Deputy are contractual matters between the company concerned and contractors engaged by the company directly. Accordingly, they are not matters within my area of responsibility. While the Health and Safety Authority does come within the aegis of my Department, I am not responsible for its day to day operations nor would it be appropriate to comment on its...

Chemicals (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (19 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. This Bill does not impose any additional obligations on industry. The regulatory impact assessment which was prepared for the 2008 Act included the CLP regulation, which was a draft EU regulation at that stage. It was not adopted in time for full inclusion in the Act but we included the provisions and obligations of the CLP in the regulatory...

Chemicals (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (19 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: -----regardless of whatever impediments the Deputy suggests were put in place. However, I will convey his remarks to the Minister. With regard to Deputy Bruton's worry about compliance in the Department, we are absolutely committed to reducing the regulatory burden on business by 25% by 2012. It is difficult in many areas to strike a balance - one is dealing with people's lives and daily...