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Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (9 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: Since 2004, a key element of Irish labour market policy has been to ensure that general labour and skills needs are met from indigenous labour and from within the workforce of the European Union. For strategic skills or labour shortages in designated occupations in key economic sectors, Government policy is to issue employment permits for the employment of non-EEA nationals for specific...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (9 Jun 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) available under the Employment Permits Act 2006. Unfortunately, I must advise the Deputy that at present, my Department is not in a position to provide the specific information requested. The Employment...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (3 Jun 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 (3 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: I can advise the Deputy that my Department received a statutory redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the individual concerned in September 2009. This claim has been processed and payment of the amount due to the individual was issued by my Department on 31 March 2010.

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (3 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: The enforcement of the statutory occupational health and safety code is a function assigned to the Health and Safety Authority which is an independent agency established under the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. The Authority is independent in the carrying out of its investigation and prosecutorial functions and the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation has no operational...

Seanad: Innovation Economy Development (3 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: I thank Senator Donohoe for raising this issue and for his continued interest in this area. It is important to put on record that there have been considerable successes in the public service in the use of information and communications technology, ICT. The big transaction processing Departments have been highly successful in implementing complex IT systems for their lines of business and...

Seanad: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (3 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: First, I wish to outline some of the responses by Government agencies, of which the Senator will be aware. I acknowledge the work he put in during the weeks following the announcement. In recent weeks the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, has been in close and regular contact with State agencies, Quinn Insurance employee representatives and local public...

Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (3 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am in enough trouble.

Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (3 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, who is in the Dáil Chamber. As is happening in all developed countries, management of the performance of our health service is increasingly focused on the outputs achieved, rather than simply the inputs. Service delivery is about access to appropriate care for patients, not...

Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (3 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: I will ask the Minister, Deputy Harney, to revert directly to the Senator.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 Jun 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 (2 Jun 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...

Seanad: Whistleblowing in the Financial Sector: Statements (2 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: I thank Senators for their contributions to the debate and particularly for the passion they have injected into it. I commit to discussing their inputs, including their concerns about restrictions on the proposals, with my ministerial colleagues, after which I will come back to the House to update it. It is wrong to suggest, as some Senators have, that nothing has been done and that we are...

Seanad: Whistleblowing in the Financial Sector: Statements (2 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: This is the first occasion I have had to be in the House since the death of Senator Kieran Phelan. I extend my sympathy to his family and all his colleagues. He took great pride in his membership of this House. He always referred to it, particularly to those of us in the other House, as the Upper House. I encourage all Members to reflect the pride he had and in their membership of the...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (1 Jun 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 (1 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to both the Redundancy and Insolvency Payments Schemes on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. Table 1 sets out the number of redundancy claims received by my Department in each month from January 2007 to end April 2010 under the Redundancy Payments Scheme. These figures reflect the number of employees who...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (1 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: In my reply to the Deputy's previous Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 19 May 2010, I confirmed that my Department received a lump sum claim for the individual concerned on 15 September 2009. I did however indicate that there remains an outstanding query with the employee's former employer that, if resolved to satisfaction, would allow the claim to be processed for payment shortly thereafter....

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (1 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: A properly controlled employment permit system requires that permits be issued to a specific employee for a specific job with a specific employer. To do otherwise would not only risk abuse of the employment permit system but would make it much more difficult to ensure that employers observed the employment rights of employees. In the event that a non-EEA national on a valid employment permit...

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (1 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: I understand that the case raised by the Deputy related to an industrial relations dispute, rather than one involving issues of employment rights law. The case was heard before a rights commissioner who issued his decision on 9 May 2008. The claimant appealed this decision to the Labour Court. The Labour Court subsequently issued its decision upholding the decision of the rights...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (1 Jun 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...