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Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (19 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: NERA, for reasons of efficiency and cost, organises its main functions on a regional basis as opposed to a county basis. These five regions are Carlow (HQ), Dublin, Sligo, Shannon, and Cork. Statistics are, accordingly, not readily identifiable in county terms. The Table below shows the regional breakdown and the counties that constitute each regional division. Hotels in the traditional...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (18 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that my Department has processed this lump sum redundancy claim on behalf of the individual concerned and that payment in this case issued in early May 2010.

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (18 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department condemns any practices by employers that may result in non-compliance with employment rights entitlements or any other mistreatment of employees including those on employment permits. Ireland's Employment Rights Legislation establishes the statutory rights applicable to all people working in Ireland whether they are Irish citizens or otherwise. I would urge all whose...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (18 May 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 (13 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Employment Appeals Tribunal is an independent, quasi-judicial body under the aegis of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. I am aware that there has been an unprecedented level of increase in claims to the Employment Appeals Tribunal - from 3,173 in 2007 to 9,458 in 2009 and a continuation of this trend in 2010 with 4,384 new claims lodged between January and the end of...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (13 May 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 (13 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98 and 99 together. 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...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (13 May 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 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 vacancies and in response to...

Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this Seanad debate on the draft Public Service Agreement 2010-2014, now colloquially known as the Croke Park agreement. The making of this agreement between the public service committee of ICTU and the Government is a key step in addressing the immediate fiscal and economic challenges facing the country. A vote in its favour would show our European...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (12 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Towards 2016 Review and Transitional Agreement 2008 – 2009 (paras 9.1 – 9.3) provides for the establishment of a review process to consider the legal and other steps necessary to enable the employee representation mechanisms that had been established under previous agreements – and in legislation – to operate as they had been intended. In furtherance to this commitment, two...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (12 May 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. Under Redundancy legislation, all eligible employees are entitled to a statutory redundancy lump sum payment on being made redundant. As a general rule, a redundancy situation exists where an employer requires fewer employees to do work of a...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (12 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: The transfer of FÁS to the Department of Education and Skills will have no impact whatsoever on the waiting time for payment of redundancy rebates as they are completely unrelated. Responsibility for all aspects of FÁS including training and the governance of FÁS has transferred out of my Department and now resides, since the making of the Government order in early May 2010, with the...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (12 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Towards 2016 Review and Transitional Agreement 2008 – 2009 (paras 9.1 – 9.3) provides for the establishment of a review process to consider the legal and other steps necessary to enable the employee representation mechanisms that had been established under previous agreements – and in legislation – to operate as they had been intended. The Agreement (para 9.4) also commits the...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (12 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am aware of the recent report published by the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland in the context of changes proposed to the system of issuing work permits. My Department condemn any practices by employers that may result in non-compliance with employment rights entitlements or any other mistreatment of employees including those on employment permits. Ireland's Employment Rights Legislation...

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (12 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: In November 2008, ICTU requested the Labour Court to review the national minimum wage and to make a recommendation to the Minister for Labour Affairs concerning its adjustment. The Court subsequently invited submissions on the issue. Various submissions were received, including from IBEC, ICTU and the Department of Finance. The Labour Court also held discussions with these parties. Under...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (12 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 74 and 88 together. 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...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (12 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act, 2001 provides that all employee protection legislation applies to a person, irrespective of his or her nationality or place of residence, who has entered into a contract of employment that provides for his or her being employed in the State or who works in the State under a contract of employment. In 2009, €2.5 million in unpaid wages was...

Written Answers — Equal Opportunities Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (12 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: The gender pay gap (defined as the difference between men's and women's average gross hourly earnings as a percentage of men's average gross hourly earnings) was estimated by EUROSTAT in 2007 at 17.6% on average in the EU. It exceeded 25% in two countries (Estonia and Austria) and 20% in seven countries (Slovakia, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Germany, the United Kingdom and...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (12 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: The introduction of the Employment Permits Act 2006 entailed a radical overhaul of the administrative arrangements and work practices of the Employment Permits Section. Employment permits are now issued on the basis of different permit types with dedicated staff trained in decision making on specific types. This system has streamlined the work of the section allowing faster times for...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (12 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: Hotels in the Dublin, Cork and Dun Laoghaire municipal areas are subject to the National Minimum Wage Act. In rest of the country accommodation providers are covered by the rates of pay and terms and conditions set out in the Hotels Employment Regulation Order which provides for minimum rates of pay that are normally in excess of the national minimum hourly wage. The National Employment...