Results 14,041-14,060 of 14,797 for speaker:Dara Calleary
- Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (23 Feb 2010)
Dara Calleary: I am informed that NERA has been involved in pursuit of this individual's entitlements for almost a year. The individual concerned indicated last Summer that she was dealing directly with the employer on the matter. However, NERA's involvement was reactivated in December 2009 at the request of the individual concerned and since then, NERA remains actively engaged in trying to progress...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (23 Feb 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 â 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 — Labour Market Activation Fund: Labour Market Activation Fund (23 Feb 2010)
Dara Calleary: A notice announcing the establishment of the 2010 Labour Market Activation Fund was published by my Department on Friday, 12 February 2010 in the national press. Details were also posted on that date on the Government e-tenders website, www.etenders.gov.ie. The Labour Market Activation Fund is intended to support the provision of substantial innovative training and education interventions...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (23 Feb 2010)
Dara Calleary: I advise the Deputy that the position in relation to the redundancy claim in respect of this individual has not changed from that outlined in my response to Question No. 87 of 15 December 2009. At that time I was able to confirm that my Department had received a statutory lump sum claim for the individual concerned on 12 August 2009, claiming inability to pay on behalf of the employer. As...
- Written Answers — Departmental Records: Departmental Records (23 Feb 2010)
Dara Calleary: Of the records listed by the Deputy, the only records held in my Department relate to the person's redundancy payments. A copy of the redundancy claim can be obtained on written request by the individual concerned from the Redundancy Payments Section, Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment, Davitt House, 65A Adelaide Road, Dublin 2. It does not appear that there is any basis for my...
- Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (23 Feb 2010)
Dara Calleary: The number of people in employment is measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey or QNHS and published by the Central Statistics Office. In the third quarter of 2009, the most recent quarter for which data is available, employment decreased by 184,700 from Quarter 3 2008 to Quarter 3 2009. Table A Q 3 2008 Q 3 2009 Increase/Decrease Employment: 2,107,100 1,922,400 -184,700 The...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (18 Feb 2010)
Dara Calleary: The Social Welfare linked allowances paid to participants on Community Employment (CE) programmes were reduced in Budget 2010 in line with the Budget reductions to Social Welfare recipients. The FÃS additional allowance paid to CE participants has been reduced from â¬24.40 and â¬48.80 per week to â¬20 and â¬40 per week respectively. These adjustments, along with a reduction in funding...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (18 Feb 2010)
Dara Calleary: FÃS and my Department are in regular contact concerning the provision and enhancement of a range of supports and services to the unemployed, including graduates, to assist them into employment. This includes the provision of job search services and a wide range of training and work experience interventions designed to provide unemployed individuals with the opportunities to upskill and...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (18 Feb 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 â 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 (18 Feb 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 â 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 — Unemployment Statistics: Unemployment Statistics (17 Feb 2010)
Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 91, 92 and 93 together. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the three tables. The figures contained in the these tables relate to those who registered with FÃS Employment Services during the last two years (2008 and 2009) and who are actively seeking work in their relevant sectors or professions. The tables should not be considered as a...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Feb 2010)
Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to both the Redundancy and Insolvency Payments Schemes on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has received claims for the former employees of the company concerned under both Schemes which await processing. In relation to the Redundancy Payments Scheme there...
- Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)
Dara Calleary: Deputy Gilmore should look out behind him.
- Written Answers — Unemployment Statistics: Unemployment Statistics (16 Feb 2010)
Dara Calleary: Based on their own records, FÃS has informed me that there are eleven persons identified as 'career guidance counsellors', who are registered as unemployed with FÃS. The Department of Social and Family Affairs has responsibility for the Live Register and the Deputy is advised to contact this Department for information on the number of career guidance counsellors' on the Live Register.
- Written Answers — Employment Regulation Orders: Employment Regulation Orders (16 Feb 2010)
Dara Calleary: Reliable data on the number of workers that come within the scope of Employment Regulation Orders are not available. The absence of systematic data on the number of workers covered by the joint labour committee (JLC) system is acknowledged as an information gap and has been noted, for example, in a review of the operation of the JLC system for the Labour Relations Commission undertaken by the...
- Written Answers — Labour Court Recommendations: Labour Court Recommendations (16 Feb 2010)
Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 to 166, inclusive, together. Responsibility for the resolution of industrial disputes between employers and workers rests with the employer, the workers and their representatives. The State provides the industrial relations dispute settlement machinery free of charge to assist this process, which, in line with the general principles of industrial...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Feb 2010)
Dara Calleary: FÃS training allowances are aligned to a person's entitlement to supports for jobseeker's and Department of Social and Family Affairs rules. Consequently, where a trainee is entitled to a DSFA benefit at course commencement he/she will receive a FÃS training allowance for the duration of the training course. If a trainee is not entitled to a DSFA benefit at the commencement of the training...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Feb 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 â 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 — Work Permits: Work Permits (16 Feb 2010)
Dara Calleary: The trend in the number of work permits granted has reduced significantly over the last number of years as is evident from the following table in line with Government Policy of restricting access to the labour market for Non EEA Nationals. The information sought by the Deputy concerning the number of permits granted in exceptional circumstances for occupations with an annual salary below...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Feb 2010)
Dara Calleary: The information requested is being researched and I will reply substantively to the Deputy in the matter as soon as possible.