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Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (1 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: FÁS does not run any Building Energy Rating (BER) course on a fee-paying basis. The FÁS training centre in Cabra provides BER training to unemployed persons at no direct cost to the individual trainees. This is the only such course run by FÁS. It is delivered as a mainline day course and participation on it is reserved for persons who are out of work.

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (1 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: My Department and FÁS have been working together over the last number of months to put in place measures to assist up to 3,600 apprentices who have been made redundant due to the current downturn. A number of initiatives to assist such apprentices have been put in place to date: The Department of Social and Family Affairs immediately on registration refer redundant apprentices to FÁS for...

Seanad: Unemployment: Motion (1 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his good wishes and, in his absence, I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for his. I thank Senators Boyle and de Búrca for giving me the opportunity to speak to the House about the Government's labour market activation policies, which we have adopted and initiated in light of the present very difficult economic circumstances. Everybody agrees that the present...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (30 Jun 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Employment Permits Section informs me that an application in respect of the above named was received on 3 June 2009. The section is currently processing applications received in the second week of April 2009 and therefore a decision will not issue on this application for another six-eight weeks.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (30 Jun 2009)

Dara Calleary: My Department and FÁS have been working together over the last number of months to put in place measures to assist up to 3,600 apprentices who have been made redundant due to the current downturn. A number of initiatives to assist such apprentices have been put in place to date: The Department of Social and Family Affairs immediately on registration refer redundant apprentices to FÁS for...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (30 Jun 2009)

Dara Calleary: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the correspondence dated 5 June 2009 from the individual in question has been responded to.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (30 Jun 2009)

Dara Calleary: The National Employment Action Plan Preventive Strategy (NEAP) involves a systematic referral of certain cohorts of registered unemployed persons by the Department of Social and Family Affairs (DSFA) to FÁS for assistance. Department of Social and Family Affairs National Employment Action Plan (NEAP) referrals to FÁS Employment Services, Cork, in the second quarter of 2009 totalled,...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (30 Jun 2009)

Dara Calleary: In a reply given in regard to the company in question on 16 June last, I outlined the criteria in relation to the right of employees to receive redundancy entitlement under the Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 — 2007. This provides that employees who have two years continuous service with an employer, are aged 16 years or over and are in employment which is insurable for all benefits under...

Written Answers — Work Placement Programme: Work Placement Programme (30 Jun 2009)

Dara Calleary: In order to respond effectively to the growing numbers of unemployed through the provision of work placements I, in conjunction with my colleague the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Mary Hanafin jointly launched the work placement programme on 27 May last. The proposal by the City and County Managers Association and other similar proposals were considered as part of the...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (30 Jun 2009)

Dara Calleary: FÁS is aware of a number of sitting Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas being on the sponsoring committees of community employment projects. The Community Employment Operating Guidelines state that the work programme of a sponsor should not involve any specific promotional-advocacy of a specific political party or the policies of a specific political party. Sponsors applying for a...

Written Answers — Insolvency Payments Scheme: Insolvency Payments Scheme (30 Jun 2009)

Dara Calleary: I can confirm that between March and May of this year, my Department has received 1,623 applications under the Insolvency Payments Scheme for Arrears of Wages, Holiday Pay and Minimum Notice on behalf of the former employees of Waterford Crystal. These claims are currently being processed. It has however been necessary to seek further information from the Receiver and a response is...

Written Answers — Work Placement Programme: Work Placement Programme (30 Jun 2009)

Dara Calleary: I have no plans to amend the rules governing the entry requirements to the work placement programme at this time. The objective of the work placement programme is to provide work experience for unemployed persons, including graduates, to improve their skills and to help them into employment as soon as possible. Specifically focusing on persons who have been on the live register for a period...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 Jun 2009)

Dara Calleary: Under the Redundancy Payment Scheme, Employers who give proper notice of redundancy (at least two weeks) to employees, and pay the statutory redundancy entitlement to those employees, are entitled to receive a 60% rebate from the Social Insurance Fund into which employers make regular payments through P.R.S.I. contributions. The attached table sets out the monetary value of Rebate and Lump...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (25 Jun 2009)

Dara Calleary: I can confirm that between March and May of this year, my Department has received 1,623 applications under the Insolvency Payments Scheme for Arrears of Wages, Holiday Pay and Minimum Notice on behalf of the former employees of Waterford Crystal. These claims are currently being processed. It has however been necessary to seek further information from the Receiver and a response is...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2009)

Dara Calleary: I wish to share my time with Deputy Margaret Conlon and the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Martin Mansergh.

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2009)

Dara Calleary: The horrors outlined in the Ryan report and on the airwaves, as well as the events described by Deputy Kenny this morning, are wretched. One cannot imagine how hard it must have been for the children who suffered these nightmares. I agree with Deputy Jim O'Keeffe and others who have described what happened as a holocaust. I reiterate the Taoiseach's apology to every person who marched...

Small Claims (Protection of Small Businesses) Bill 2009: Second Stage (10 Jun 2009)

Dara Calleary: I, too, appreciate the efforts made by Deputy Varadkar in introducing the proposal. Within the House, we all acknowledge that small and medium enterprises are the backbone of the economy, representing 97% of all businesses, and employing 800,000. We share a pro-business policy environment which has been in place for many years. Our enterprise development agencies and our tax system offer...

Cross-Border Investment Programmes. (27 May 2009)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter on the Adjournment. The comprehensive study on the all-island economy was commissioned by the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference and was completed towards the end of 2006. This blueprint for all-island economic co-operation set out the economic rationale for North-South collaboration, as well as concrete proposals for economic initiatives....

Social Welfare Benefits. (27 May 2009)

Dara Calleary: The transfer of the domiciliary care allowance scheme from the HSE to the Department of Social and Family Affairs arises from a Government decision on 28 February 2006 to reallocate certain functions between Departments and agencies as part of the health service reform programme. The domiciliary care allowance scheme, since its transfer to the Department, has been placed on a statutory basis...

Special Educational Needs. (27 May 2009)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Feighan. I am taking this Adjournment Matter on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, Minister for Education and Science. The outreach classes referred to by Deputy Feighan are attached to St. Joseph's Special School, Ballytivnan, County Sligo. The children attending these outreach classes have a diagnosis of moderate to severe to profound general learning disability...