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Chemicals (Amendment) Bill 2010: Referral to Select Committee (19 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Innovation in accordance with Standing Order 122(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.

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

Dara Calleary: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

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

Dara Calleary: I move: "That be Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to bring before the House today the Chemicals (Amendment) Bill 2010. The main purpose of the Bill is to meet EU obligations to implement and enforce certain EU regulations. These include the EU regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, known as the "CLP regulation"; a replacement EU...

Written Answers — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (14 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Joint Labour Committee (JLC) and Registered Employment Agreement (REA) systems have been the subject of a number of recent legal challenges which raised issues specific to particular Employment Regulation Orders (EROs) and REAs. The Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2009, which has passed all stages in the Seanad and has completed Second Stage in the Dáil, aims to modernise and...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (14 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 — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (14 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 (14 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 (14 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 — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (13 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: Proposals for changes in statutory wage setting mechanisms are contained in the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2009. The Bill, which has passed all stages in the Seanad and has completed Second Stage in the Dáil, aims to modernise and strengthen the existing arrangements for the making of Employment Regulation Orders and Registered Employment Agreements and to provide for their more...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (13 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 and 97 together. The Towards 2016 Review and Transitional Agreement 2008 – 2009 (paras 9.1 – 9.3) provides for the establishment of a review process to consider the legal and other steps necessary to enable the employee representation mechanisms that had been established under previous agreements – and in legislation – to operate as they had been...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (13 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 245 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 employers are...

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (13 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: In November 2008, ICTU requested the Labour Court to review the national minimum wage and to make a recommendation concerning its adjustment. The Court subsequently invited submissions on the issue. Various submissions were received, including from IBEC, ICTU and the Department of Finance. The Labour Court also held discussions with these parties. Under the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000,...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (13 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: The case in question has been determined by the Employment Appeals Tribunal. According to the information supplied by the Deputy, the Circuit Court issued an Order which was passed to the County Sheriff for execution and the Sheriff has failed to recover the sums due. As the matter appears to rest with the Court and the Sheriff, there is no further role for the employment rights bodies which...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (13 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...

Departmental Staff (13 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: Under the terms of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004, recruitment to the Civil Service, including my Department, is a matter for the public appointments service, PAS, which is required to ensure that standards of probity, merit, equity and fairness are followed in the recruitment, assessment and selection of persons for appointment. It is for the PAS to...

Departmental Staff (13 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: No other Department has a greater range of daily interaction with the private sector than our Department. We tap into private sector experience across all our State boards-----

Departmental Staff (13 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department has used the experience of the private sector extensively in all our operations and consults extensively with private sector experts on a daily basis. The position of employing private sector people for the sake of it represents something of a waste of time. We use their knowledge and experience for specific responses to specific situations.

Departmental Staff (13 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: All senior appointments, from assistant secretary up, are made by open recruitment. Over the summer the Government reconstituted the top level appointments committee, TLAC, to include more private sector people than were previously on it and to open up the opportunities.

Departmental Staff (13 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: No, the TLAC has always had private sector involvement. That goes back to the Deputy's Party's last time in Government so he should be aware of it from then.

Employment Rights (13 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 and 85 together. I am aware of the recent report by the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland, Work Permits and Exploitation: Time For Reform, in the context of proposing changes to the system of issuing work permits. The employment permits system and the treatment of migrant workers has significantly changed in recent years. These changes have sought to...