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Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (21 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in a table: FÁS Staff 2007 2008 2009 2265.46 2272.14 2055.4 Of the numbers indicated above 99.35 persons were employed on fixed-term contracts in 2007; 90.1 persons likewise in 2008 and 10.5 persons in 2009. Information on temporary staff is currently being compiled and will be communicated to the Deputy when it is available.

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

Dara Calleary: 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 graduates, to establish or maintain links to the labour...

Seanad: Employment and Competitiveness: Statements (21 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Members of the Seanad for taking the time to discuss this vital question. I have taken a good deal of note of the discussions, especially in the past hour. As Members are aware, the purpose of the exercise is to discuss the measures the Government has introduced to protect existing employment, assist those who have lost their jobs and improve Ireland's economic competitiveness....

Job Creation. (20 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputies O'Donnell and Deenihan for raising this issue and acknowledge the regular contact we have received from Deputy O'Donnell on the issue of the globalisation fund over the past number of months. As the House is aware, the mid-west task force completed an interim report which was presented to the Minister by the chairman, Mr. Denis Brosnan, last July. A number of national and...

Substance Abuse. (20 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, and I welcome the opportunity provided by Deputy Clune to make a statement to the House on the issue of head shops. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and regulations made thereunder regulate and control the import, export, production, supply and possession of a range of named...

Tourism Promotion. (20 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputies for raising the issue. As both of them stated, the matter of applying to the organisers of the Volvo Ocean Race to host a stopover of the event is primarily the responsibility of the host port, which is comparable, for example, to the manner in which a golf venue bids with the PGA European Tour to host the Irish Open. The promoters who initiated the process that led to...

Tourism Promotion. (20 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: The current overall Exchequer position is not favourable towards the provision of funding for such large-scale sports tourism events. There are pressures on the tourism services budget of the Department and that position is unlikely to change in the next few years. The current commercial funding environment is difficult and I fully understand why the Irish promoters wish to first secure a...

Tourism Promotion. (20 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: The confirmation of one or several private sector sponsors at this stage would be essential to strengthen the promoters' case for State support. However, the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and his Department has continued to engage with the promoters with a view to considering and assessing the case for support and will revert to them in due course. I will bring the Deputies' concerns...

School Libraries. (20 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Kitt for raising this issue and I acknowledge the work he did as a Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. I will reply to him on behalf of the Minister, Deputy O'Keeffe, and the Minister of State, Deputy Haughey. The Deputy is aware that a number of difficult decisions have had to be taken with regard to the management of the...

Written Answers — Apprentice Work Placements: Apprentice Work Placements (20 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 131 to 135, inclusive, together. The number of apprentices within 6 to 12 months of completion of their apprenticeship without a job placement is currently 3,080. Of these, 495 are currently attending Phase 6 off-the-job training at an Institute of Technology. A total of 5,338 apprenticeships have been notified to FÁS as being halted as a result of...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (20 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 136 and 137 together. Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. The purpose of CE is to help unemployed people to re-enter the open labour market by breaking...

Written Answers — Employment Action Plan: Employment Action Plan (20 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 141 to 143, inclusive, together. The Irish National Employment Action Plan (NEAP), adopted by the Government as its response to the European Employment Guidelines, included a commitment to a more systematic engagement of the Employment Services with the unemployed. Implementation of this commitment commenced in September, 1998. In 2009, FÁS increased its...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 and 145 together. The following table details the number of Employment Services Officers (ESOs), on a whole-time equivalent basis, based in each FÁS Employment Services Office: FÁS Office Location Total FTE Dublin Coolock 5 Dublin D'Olier House 12.9 Dun Laoghaire 5.6 Dublin Finglas Shopping Centre 5.5 Dublin Finglas Training Centre 2.6 Dublin...

Written Answers — Job Clubs: Job Clubs (20 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: There are 56 Job Clubs nationwide providing formal programmes to assist people enter the labour market by helping unemployed job seekers to learn the skills required for job search and exploration of career options. The normal staffing structure of a Job Club is of a Job Club Leader and a support person. The role of the Job Club Leader is fundamentally to enable participants to take...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: The FÁS Communications Unit was established in 2009. The unit forms part of the Corporate Support function in FÁS, which is also responsible for Legal Services, Freedom of Information, Oireachtas Liaison & Parliamentary Questions, Insurances and secretarial services to the Board of FÁS. It provides a range of services to both FÁS clients and staff. These services include: Communication of...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: For any bank.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (19 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 and 169 together. 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...

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (19 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Government continues to monitor wage movements in the labour market, and related developments in Employment Regulation Orders, Registered Employment Agreements and Social Welfare rates, so as to ensure that the National Minimum Wage, at its current rate, is not having an adverse effect on vulnerable workers and enterprises in a time of rising unemployment and declining nominal wages. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (19 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 171 and 172 together. I can advise the Deputy that the position as outlined in the reply given on 17 September last remains largely unchanged. As outlined at that time, following the successful appeal to the Supreme Court in this case, judgment was issued on 30th April 2009. The final step in the legal process is the granting of a final perfected Order by...

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (19 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: The matter referred to in the Deputy's question is a call from the Restaurant Association of Ireland for the abolition of the Joint Labour Committee (JLC) system and the reduction in the minimum wage in the Catering sector to €8.65 per hour. The Government is committed to upholding the arrangements for the making of the Employment Regulation Orders under the Joint Labour Committee (JLC)...