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Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (2 Mar 2010)

Dara Calleary: The business referred to by the Deputy could avail of assistance through the Work Placement Programme. The programme is designed to provide unemployed people, including unemployed graduates, with the opportunity to obtain nine months work experience. The placement is unpaid but eligible participants retain their social welfare payments during their placement. Participants gain valuable...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (2 Mar 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 to 123, inclusive, together. The information requested is being collated and will be communicated to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (2 Mar 2010)

Dara Calleary: The number of people registered with FÁS as not holding a Leaving Certificate is set out in the table below. County Number of persons registered with FÁS without a Leaving Certificate Dublin City 1,994 Dublin West County 61 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown 105 Dublin North County – Fingal 216 Kildare 340 Meath 207 Wicklow 306 Cavan 101 Louth 335 Monaghan 133 Carlow 148 Kilkenny 149...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 Mar 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 — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (2 Mar 2010)

Dara Calleary: Primary responsibility for this sector rests with the Minister of Transport. I can advise the Deputy however that the terms and conditions of employment on board international cruise ships are linked to the State in which the ship is registered. In the case of workers employed on Irish registered vessels, the terms and conditions of those employees on the vessel are subject to the...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (2 Mar 2010)

Dara Calleary: An application for an employment permit in this case was refused on 19th January 2010. An appeal of this decision was received on 1 February and will be considered by the Appeals Officer in due course.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (2 Mar 2010)

Dara Calleary: The question of term-time arrangements, as provided for under the Department of Finance Circular 14/2009 on the Shorter Working Year Scheme, is a day-to-day staffing matter for FÁS under its functions as provided for in the Labour Services Act, 1987.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 Mar 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 redundancy 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...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (2 Mar 2010)

Dara Calleary: To the end of December 2009, 186 people had started a placement as part of the Work Placement Programme; 129 took up graduate placements and 57 took up non-graduate placements. To date, 473 people have started placements, 308 of which are graduates and 165 are non-graduates. There are 2,000 places available under the Work Placement Programme, with 1,000 places for the graduate stream and...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (2 Mar 2010)

Dara Calleary: The question of term-time arrangements, as provided for under the Department of Finance Circular 14/2009 on the Shorter Working Year Scheme, is a day-to-day staffing matter for FÁS under its functions as provided for in the Labour Services Act, 1987.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (2 Mar 2010)

Dara Calleary: Contracts awarded to companies for services carried out on behalf of FÁS are subject to normal public sector procurement procedures.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 Feb 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 redundancy 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...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 Feb 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 redundancy 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...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (24 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: The information requested is being collated and will be passed to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (24 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: FÁS, under the National Employment Action Plan (NEAP) preventative strategy, systematically engages with unemployed persons between the ages of 18 and 64 years who are referred by the Department of Social and Family Affairs to the Agency on reaching three months on the Live Register. Services offered include vocational guidance/counselling, information on job opportunities, assistance with...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (23 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am informed that NERA has been involved in pursuit of this individual's entitlements for almost a year. The individual concerned indicated last Summer that she was dealing directly with the employer on the matter. However, NERA's involvement was reactivated in December 2009 at the request of the individual concerned and since then, NERA remains actively engaged in trying to progress...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (23 Feb 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 — Labour Market Activation Fund: Labour Market Activation Fund (23 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: A notice announcing the establishment of the 2010 Labour Market Activation Fund was published by my Department on Friday, 12 February 2010 in the national press. Details were also posted on that date on the Government e-tenders website, www.etenders.gov.ie. The Labour Market Activation Fund is intended to support the provision of substantial innovative training and education interventions...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (23 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: I advise the Deputy that the position in relation to the redundancy claim in respect of this individual has not changed from that outlined in my response to Question No. 87 of 15 December 2009. At that time I was able to confirm that my Department had received a statutory lump sum claim for the individual concerned on 12 August 2009, claiming inability to pay on behalf of the employer. As...

Written Answers — Departmental Records: Departmental Records (23 Feb 2010)

Dara Calleary: Of the records listed by the Deputy, the only records held in my Department relate to the person's redundancy payments. A copy of the redundancy claim can be obtained on written request by the individual concerned from the Redundancy Payments Section, Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment, Davitt House, 65A Adelaide Road, Dublin 2. It does not appear that there is any basis for my...