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National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I have no difficulty in taking him on. It is wrong to throw around figures like that and it is unfortunate. The Deputy brings expertise and experience that may not be here.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: However, let him live up to the declaration he made when he decided to run that he wanted to change the way politics operates, a criticism of every Deputy in this House, including Deputy Bernard Durkan. He said he wanted to engage in politics and offer solutions. We have a solution so let him input his expertise and experience on Committee Stage.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: NAMA is certainly not a get-out clause and I welcome Deputy Simon Coveney's remarks that he saw it as not being a get-out clause for the developers and those that fate has thrown around. Loans will be followed up. Those who have the loans will still be followed up in the same fashion as they were previously. While NAMA will ultimately solve the fiduciary and monetary issues facing our...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: -----along the same lines as was done when it was chaired by the late former Deputy, Jim Mitchell. That produced results and showed that this House can work. We do not need tribunals to do it.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: Let us do it again. I would certainly support that happening in this House. I cannot imagine that either Deputy Durkan or the Acting Chairman, Deputy Ardagh, would charge €100 million to do it.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: There are taxpayer guarantees. This morning Deputy Enda Kenny and this evening Deputy George Lee criticised the fact that bank shares rose this morning while ignoring the fact that the share price increase means the yield and return to the Government will increase through our shares in Bank of Ireland and AIB and that this value will assist us in the future. Since the legislation was...

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

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together. The Redundancy Payments Section of my Department has received a number of statutory Lump Sum applications from the relevant individuals in respect of their former employment with Taylor Made Glass Systems (Insolvent). My understanding is that the lump sum applications for the former employees of Taylor Made Glass are currently being...

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

Dara Calleary: The Supreme Court judgement of 30th April 2009 allowed the report of the inspector to be circulated to certain bodies. These certain bodies are those as listed in the interlocutory order made by the High Court on 22 April 2005 and are as follows – (i) the Garda National Immigration Bureau (ii) the Competition Authority (iii) the Director of Corporate Enforcement (iv) the Garda Fraud Squad...

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

Dara Calleary: This application was refused on the grounds it is current Government policy to issue new employment permits only for highly skilled, highly paid positions or for non-EEA nationals who are already legally resident in the State on valid employment permits or where there is an officially recognised scarcity of workers of a particular type or qualification. Furthermore, the position on offer is...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Sep 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. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: Section 9 of the Redundancy Payments Act 2003 amended section 39(2)(b) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 by providing that Vice-Chairmen of the Employment Appeals Tribunal should, before their appointment, each have had not less than 5 years experience as a practising barrister or practising solicitor. That was meant to be an underpinning, in legislation, of the fact that Vice Chairmen have...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 and 191 together. The Government introduced an Employment Subsidy Scheme (Temporary) in the context of rising unemployment to help employees retain their jobs while at the same time assisting employers in retaining their productive capacity. The purpose of the scheme is to support the maintenance of vulnerable jobs and thereby: Help the economy retain its...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I am advised by FÁS that there has been no withdrawal of funding for the Return to Education Programme and contracts are currently being prepared and issued for the next term.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to takes Questions Nos. 175 to 181, inclusive, and 202 together. The Redundancy Payments Section of my Department has received a number of statutory Lump Sum applications from the relevant individuals in respect of their former employment with Irish Dresden (In Liquidation). My understanding is that the lump sum applications for the former employees of Irish Dresden are currently...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: The number of persons signing on to the live register in the Tallaght region as at end August 2009, stands at 10,121, an increase of 87% over the last twelve months, the number of people under 25 years of age signing on in Tallaght was 2,563 in August 2009 an 85% increase from August 2008. This reflects the national trend over that period as the economic crisis has taken hold. (Live Register...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I assume that the Deputy is referring to a matter which has been referred to the Labour Court. The Labour Court is an independent statutory body which acts independently in the carrying out of its functions. The Deputy's question would relate to a matter concerning the day-to-day operation of the Court, and is one in which I have no function.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: An employer who pays redundancy to a qualified employee is entitled to seek a rebate from the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in the order of 60% of the statutory amount. The Redundancy Payments Section of my Department has received statutory redundancy rebate applications from the employer concerned in respect of three of his former employees. In the case of one of the applications the rebate...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the Redundancy Payments Section of my Department has completed the processing of the redundancy application for the individual concerned and that a statutory redundancy lump sum payment was authorised on the 28th of August 2009. Payment of the amount involved will follow shortly thereafter.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: There are 41, 854 claims currently on hand as of 4th September 2009. This figure includes claims at various stages of processing, including those which were incomplete and/or which require further information to allow processing to be completed.

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 190 together. At the end of quarter 1, the Quarterly National Household Survey youth unemployment rate stood at 19.3%; the Central Statistics Office will release quarter 2 figures at the end of September. The Government is aware of the difficulty of providing suitable opportunities for young people in the current downturn. A number of measures have...