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Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (26 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 165 and 169 together. The feasibility of compiling the information requested by the Deputy for the years 1997 to 2009 is currently being established and I will supply the Deputy with whatever information is readily available in the near future.

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (26 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 166 to 168, inclusive, together. The feasibility of compiling the information requested by the Deputy for the years 1997 to 2009 is currently being established and I will supply the Deputy with whatever information is readily available in the near future.

Written Answers — Local Employment Service: Local Employment Service (26 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170, 171 and 186 to 199, inclusive, together. The feasibility of compiling the information requested by the Deputy for the years 1997 to 2008 is being established. I will supply the Deputy with whatever information is readily available in the near future. In responding to Question No. 111 of 8 December 2009 relating to the Local Employment Service Network,...

Written Answers — Local Employment Service: Local Employment Service (26 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 to 185, inclusive, together. The feasibility of compiling the information requested by the Deputy for the years 1997 to 2009 is currently being established and I will supply the Deputy with whatever information is readily available in the near future.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (26 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: The feasibility of compiling the information requested by the Deputy for the years 1997 to 2005 is currently being established and I will supply the Deputy with whatever information is readily available in the near future.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (26 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am looking into the feasibility of providing this information in the form requested by the Deputy and will reply to him substantively on this matter shortly.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (26 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: The feasibility of compiling the information requested by the Deputy for the years 1997 to 2008 is currently being established and I will supply the Deputy with whatever information is readily available in the near future.

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (26 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: A lay off situation arises where an employee's employment ceases by reason of his/her employer being unable to provide the work for which the employee was employed and where it is reasonable in the circumstances for that employer to believe that the cessation of employment will not be permanent. The employer must however give notice to that effect to the employee prior to the cessation. If...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (26 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: 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 entitlement to employees. On so doing, the employer is...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (26 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: The following tables contain details of the number of persons engaged in Community Employment and Job Initiative on a county basis for the years 2008 and 2009. Community Employment Places (Inc. Supervisors) County At Year End 2008 At Year End 2009 Carlow 325 322 Cavan 224 225 Clare 573 574 Cork 2,125 2,140 Donegal 1,145 1,120 Dublin 6,001 6,428 Galway 1,447 1,451 Kerry 973 959...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (26 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I wish to refer the Deputy to the reply given to Parliamentary Question 47245/09 of 16 December 2009 and to supplementary figures relating to FÁS and Skillnets training emailed to him on 18 December 2009. In addition, 5,042 persons availed of FÁS evening courses and 912 persons availed of FÁS on-line training courses in 2008. Unfortunately, statistics for evening courses and on-line...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (26 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: As stated in the reply to the Deputy on 16th December 2009 the Social Welfare linked allowances paid to participants on Community Employment (CE) and Jobs Initiative (JI) programmes and FÁS training courses were reduced in Budget 2009 in line with the Budget reductions to Social Welfare recipients. The FÁS additional allowance for participants on CE and JI have been reduced from €24.40...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (26 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: In 2009, the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) conducted a total of 208 inspections in county Kildare. Of this total, 7 inspections related to restaurants. In 2008, NERA conducted a total of 301 inspections in county Kildare. Of this total, 31 inspections related to restaurants. The inspections undertaken on restaurants were carried out under the Catering Employment Regulation...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (26 Jan 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 — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (26 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: In December 2009 the Tánaiste announced that an additional 500 places would be provided on the Community Employment (CE) Scheme bringing the total number of participants to 23,300. The current eligibility criteria set by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment for entry onto the Community Employment programme allows for the combination of periods on different social welfare...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (26 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Community Employment Scheme participant payments are comprised of their Social Welfare entitlement and a weekly allowance. The Jobseeker's Allowance was reduced by 4.1% in the December budget while the CE allowance was reduced by from €24.40 to €20 per week. The cuts in CE were necessary to fund increased activation measures in 2010 including an additional 500 CE places to bring the...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2009 for the consideration of the Dáil and I wish to acknowledge the input of the Members of Seanad Éireann who discussed this Bill in the autumn session. The main purpose of the Bill is to strengthen the existing system for the making of both employment regulation orders...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (21 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: FÁS Employment Services provides a range of services and supports to all Jobseeker's, including Jobseeker's who have been made redundant. Clients can register at one of the 71 local FÁS Employment Service offices nationwide, for on-site career guidance and job placement services. Various initiatives have also been but in place to assist the growing number of redundant workers and the...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (21 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Community Youth Training Programme was introduced in the late 1980's and provided training for unemployed construction workers and time served apprentices to complete industry approved community based training projects. In 1993 the new Standards Based Apprenticeship Scheme was introduced which required apprentices to be registered with a FÁS approved employer, who has the range of work,...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (21 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 and 78 together. The Work Placement Programme provides up to 9 months work experience to 2,000 unemployed individuals, including graduates. The Programme is open to all sectors of the economy, including the private and public sectors, as well as the community and voluntary sectors. The aim of the Programme is to assist unemployed people, including...