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Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (6 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: In circumstances where a person is placed on reduced working hours by their employer e.g. a three or a four day week, the redundancy entitlement is calculated on the basis of a full week, provided the employee was put on reduced hours within one year (52 weeks) of being made redundant. If the person is made redundant after the first year of reduced working hours and if it is clear that the...

Infectious Disease Screening Service (5 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am taking the Adjournment on behalf of the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. I thank Deputy Clune for raising this matter as it provides an opportunity to outline to the House a number of issues in this area. As the House is aware, TB remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. An estimated 9.3 million new cases were reported in 2007, of which 7.8...

Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: As the House knows, the Minister has introduced a prescription charge of 50 cent for prescribed items dispensed to medical card holders subject to no person or family paying more than €10 per month. The prescription charge seeks to influence demand and prescribing patterns in the GMS scheme in a modest way. Prescription charges do not apply to children in the care of the HSE who have...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (5 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: The answers to the Deputy's statistical questions are as follows i. Number of applications received by the Employment Appeals Tribunal as at the 30 September 2010 awaiting allocation of a hearing date; 4,906 ii. Number of such cases for which a hearing date has been given; 3,148 iii. Number of such claims received by the Tribunal not yet acknowledged to which no hearing date has yet been...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (5 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Employment Appeals Tribunal was established under the Redundancy Payment Act 1967. The Tribunal consists of: 1. A Chairman who before appointment shall have at least 7 years' experience as a practising barrister or solicitor; 2. Vice-Chairmen who are either barristers or solicitors with at least 5 years practice; 3. Ordinary Members. Under the Act, all appointments are made by the...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (5 Oct 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to the Redundancy and Insolvency Payments Schemes on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. In relation to the claims under the Insolvency Payments Scheme, my Department received applications from the liquidator in respect of arrears of pay, minimum notice and holiday pay for the person concerned in mid-September...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (30 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. 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 can...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (30 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. 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 can...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (30 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. 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 can...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (30 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department processes applications in respect of the different types of employment permits - green cards permits, work permits, spousal/dependant permits and intra-company transfer permits. All applications are processed in line with the Employment Permits Act 2006. I wish to advise the Deputy that this application was refused on 2 September 2010 on the grounds that it is current...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions 1684, 1702 and 1718 together. My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. 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...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 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 — 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 (29 Sep 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 — 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 (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1690, 1691 and 1706 together. My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. 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...

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: Ireland is one of the 20 EU member states that has national minimum wage legislation. Cross-industry and sectoral collective agreements also apply in quite a number of these member states, as well as in the others that do not have a national minimum wage. In many cases, these agreements stipulate minimum wage levels, above those set in the national minimum wage, that are generally...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. 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 can...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1700 and 1733 together. Table 1 sets out the number of statutory redundancies for the years 2006 to 2009 and provisional figures for January to August, 2010. These figures reflect the number of employees who actually qualified for statutory redundancy lump sum payments. They do not reflect those who lost their jobs with less than two years service in...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos.1701 and 1703 together. Under the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967-2007, the objective is to ensure that statutory redundancy payments, due to eligible employees on being made redundant, are made in accordance with the legislative provisions. The legislation places the onus, in the first instance, on the employer to discharge the obligation to pay redundancy...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. 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 can...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Sep 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1705 and 1708 together. My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. 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...