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Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (24 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: This year I have quadrupled the number of trainees who FÁS can support to over 104,000. This is significantly above the additional 30,000 training places for the unemployed identified in the report, Building Ireland's Smart Economy. The scale of this increase reflects the Government's commitment in responding to the present unemployment levels.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (24 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: Except for some training courses, which focus, for example, on early school leavers, the age of the applicant is not currently generally used as a criterion.

Company Closures. (19 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter on the Adjournment and for his contact on the Stiefel and Abbott Ireland issues since the announcements were made last week. As the House will be aware, on 11 November GlaxoSmithKline announced that it intends to cease its operations at its Stiefel plant in Sligo. However, this will not happen for another four years. The eventual planned closure...

Job Protection. (19 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: This matter has been referred to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment as it relates to jobs. I wish first to brief the House of the overall situation in regard to the aviation industry before dealing with the issues in regard to Aer Lingus. The Deputy will be aware that the Tánaiste, on behalf of the Government, has taken a proactive role during this year to maximise and...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (18 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: There are currently 1,000 places ring fenced for the CE Drugs Task Force. At present 947 of these places are filled. The number of places on the Drugs Task Force is kept under constant review. The list of projects with the breakdown of personnel requested by the Deputy is contained in the table. Community Employment Projects with 1 or more DTF Places, as at 31/10/2009 (Projects with...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (18 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: I am not responsible for the day-to-day supervision of the operations of banks or any other industry sector. The obligations to identify workplace hazards, assess risk, put in place safeguards, including appropriate training, rest on employers. If employees have real concerns that such obligations are not being discharged, they should raise them with their employers in the first instance, via...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (18 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: The number of redundant apprentices currently recorded on the FÁS Apprenticeship Database who cannot progress with their training due to the non-availability of on-the-job experience is as follows: - – 168 apprentices require on-the-job training and assessments at Phase 3 – 130 Apprentices require on-the-job training and assessments at Phase 5 – 391 Apprentices require on-the-job...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (18 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: I understand from FÁS that as at 16 November 2009 the number of persons who were currently on waiting lists for FÁS training schemes totalled 41,157. The following table breaks this figure down into regions. Region Number of Applicants Dublin 13986 Midlands 2510 Mid West 3781 North East 2947 North West 3018 South East 5361 South West 7058 West 2496 Total 41,157 Waiting times...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (18 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: Representatives of the Department of the Taoiseach, my Department, and the Department of Finance; of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (and its affiliate unions SIPTU and IMPACT); and of the employers' body IBEC attended the two informal meetings of the Review Group on Employee Representation held to date (on 14th September and 13th October, 2009). The Group is chaired by the Secretary...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (18 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: As the Deputy will be aware, Aer Lingus is a private limited company and, as such, any commercial proposal by the company to restructure or reorganise its operations such as suggested by the Deputy for the development of a new airline within the group is not one to which the Tánaiste or I are privy, or have any role. Primary responsibility for the aviation sector resides with my colleague...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (17 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: 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. The purpose of CE is to help unemployed people to re-enter the open labour market by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (17 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: As at the end of September 2009 the number of persons participating on FÁS training courses was 23,901, of which a total of 2,871 persons were participants on short (modular) courses.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: It is the case that an employee must make application to my Department for a redundancy payment or seek a determination from the Employment Appeals Tribunal within twelve months of ceasing employment although the Employment Appeals Tribunal has the power to extend the deadline from 52 weeks to 104 weeks. In this instance, no claim was lodged with my Department for a redundancy payment. I am...

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

Dara Calleary: The Employment Permits Section informs me that a renewal permit has now issued in this case.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Nov 2009)

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 (17 Nov 2009)

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 (17 Nov 2009)

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 (17 Nov 2009)

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 — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (17 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: Priority for access to FÁS training programmes is given to clients who are on the Live Register. Those who are not on the Live Register are also eligible to apply for FÁS training courses and may avail of all other FÁS services including evening and blended learning training as well as access to guidance and job search services. The Tánaiste and I will continue to monitor this...

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

Dara Calleary: On the basis of the information supplied it is not clear if the employee was made redundant at a particular point in time or placed on a period of temporary lay off. A lay off situation exists when an employer suspends an employee's employment because there is no work available, when the employer expects the cessation of work to be temporary and when the employer notifies the employee to...