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Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (8 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos.113 and 114 together. It is not readily possible to provide a breakdown of numbers between Waterford City and County. The following table below shows the number of people in County Waterford, including Waterford City, who have received training or another service from FÁS over each of the past five years, and also in 2009 year-to-date. Year Yearly Total...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (8 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: There are currently 23,656 apprentices registered with FÁS. Of these 18,278 are currently employed and there is a cumulative total of 5,378 redundant apprentices in the period 1 January 2007 to 7 July 2009. The further information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tabular statement. Apprentices County Redundant Currently with Employers Armagh 6 24 Carlow 60...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (8 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The number of apprentices who have been notified to FÁS as redundant for the period 1 July, 2008, to 30 June, 2009, is 3,827. FÁS has put in place a number of measures to assist apprentices who have been made redundant in progressing their apprenticeship. Over 4,000 places will be provided under the various measures outlined below. ·The Department of Social and Family Affairs immediately...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (8 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: I am advised by FÁS that there are currently 680 participants in community employment schemes in County Waterford. Details of the number of people employed on Community Employment projects in County Waterford in each the years 2003 – 2008 are as follows: 2003-681 2004-772 2005-760 2006-650 2008-659

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (8 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: It is up to the employer in the first instance to pay statutory redundancy entitlement to employees. When an employer does so, he is entitled to claim a rebate of 60% from the Social Insurance Fund. If the employer is unable to pay the statutory amount, then the employee can, ultimately, be paid directly by my Department from the Fund. In such cases, 40% of each statutory redundancy lump...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (8 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) currently has in place a team of 77 Inspectors. They are all employed under the standard terms and conditions governing civil servants in general. Inspectors are entitled to receive travel and subsistence in respect of expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their official duties. There are no proposals at present to increase the...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Towards 2016 Review and Transitional Agreement 2008-2009 provides that the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit victimisation, including dismissal, and incentivisation, and to provide effective protection and means of redress to employees when engaged in the proper and legitimate exercise of their rights to trade union membership or activity on behalf of a trade...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Work Placement Programme is being created in order to provide 2,000 six-month work experience places for graduates and other individuals. The aim of this scheme is to provide invaluable work experience to individuals who are unemployed, who have recently graduated from college or have very limited experience of the workplace. To date the number of individuals who have expressed an...

Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) currently has in place a team of 77 Inspectors. Recruitment competitions were held to bring the number of Inspectors from the original level of 31 Inspectors up to the level of 90 committed to under Towards 2016. 60 inspectors were assigned to NERA from these competitions. All NERA inspectors were recruited by way of competitive procedures,...

Written Answers — Job Initiative: Job Initiative (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: On 1 January 2006 responsibility for the Social Economy Programme transferred to the Department of Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs and it has been re-named as the Community Services Programme. FÁS as an agency of my Department operates Job Initiative (JI). The Job Initiative Programme (JI) was launched in July 1996 and provides full time employment for people who are 35 years of age or...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 62 and 113 together. The Short-Time Training Programme is a joint initiative between my Department and the Department of Social and Family Affairs. This Programme, which will cost €1 million, will provide 277 individuals who are working a 3-day week and are receiving social welfare payments for the other 2 days, with training for these 2 days for a period of...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Health and Safety Authority is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and associated statutory provisions. There have been 18 workplace deaths reported to the Authority to date in 2009 (as at 02.07.09). The numbers of workplace deaths reported to the Authority for the years 2002-2008 are as follows: 57 in 2008; 67 in 2007; 51...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Towards 2016 Review and Transitional Agreement 2008-2009 provides for the establishment of a review process which will consider the legal and other steps which are required to enable the mechanisms addressing the issue of employee representation, which were established under previous Agreements, to operate as they had been intended. This review will be carried out under the auspices of...

Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The joint investigation teams between the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA), the Department of Social and Family Affairs and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners have been operational since 2007. The Social Partnership Agreement 'Towards 2016', provided for greater co-ordination between organisations concerned with employment rights compliance, with a view to realising the...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The role of FÁS in relation to the National Drugs Strategy is to facilitate the rehabilitation of stabilised drug users and to prepare them to re-enter the active labour market through focused training which will enable them to re-integrate into working life. This is being achieved through participation in a range of FÁS programmes, including Community Employment (CE), and also integration...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The latest Quarterly National Household Survey published on 25 June, 2009, shows that unemployment in the Border, Midlands and Western region was 11.4%. For the Southern and Eastern region the figure was 9.7%. The figure for the country as a whole was 10.2%. The Enterprise Development agencies under the aegis of my Department are working closely and with local interests in order to maintain...

Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) has carried out a total of 10,445 calls, visits and inspections up to the 26th of June 2009. This compares with 11,499 for the corresponding period in 2008. The number of actual inspections increased by 94 while the number of calls and interviews decreased by 688 and 460 respectively. NERA conducted almost twice as many workplace inspections...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 88 and 114 together. This year the Government have almost doubled the number of FÁS activation training and work experience places for the unemployed to over 129,000. This is a substantial increase on the 66,000 places, which were available at the end of last year. The majority of these additional places are on short courses and will be delivered through...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: In response to the rising numbers of unemployed, the Government has formulated and implemented a realistic and practical strategy to prioritise the activation and training of such individuals. My Department, along with the Department of Social and Family Affairs and the Department of Education and Science, have been working closely together to ensure a significant response to the...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: It is crucial that with the increasing numbers of people who are now unemployed that we seek to further enhance the activation and training opportunities to assist these individuals. It is vital that we ensure jobseeker's are supported, and have access to appropriate and relevant guidance, education and training services. Specifically in relation to responding to the significant numbers of...