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

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 184 and 191 together. As part of Budget 2010 a number of savings were identified in relation to Community Employment (CE). These changes were mainly in the area of training allowances that are linked to Social Welfare payments and certain FÁS Allowances that are provided in addition to the core training allowances. The FÁS training allowance for...

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (19 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: The term referred to by the Deputy relates to a sundry costs account maintained in FÁS. The account, which is operated on a vouched basis, is used for the reimbursement of costs to FÁS personnel for the purchase, by staff members in the first instance, of sundry items on behalf of the Agency.

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (19 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: To date my Department has made two applications, and is in the process of finalising a third application, for assistance under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). These applications are in relation to major redundancies at the DELL plant in Raheen, Co. Limerick, the Waterford Crystal plant in Kilbarry, Co. Waterford and the S R Technics facility at Dublin Airport. Strict...

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

Dara Calleary: 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. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work routine and to...

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

Dara Calleary: 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 their experience of unemployment through a return to a...

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

Dara Calleary: The current Irish law in the area of "transfer of undertakings" is the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 – Statutory Instrument (S.I.) No. 131 of 2003. The Regulations implement the mandatory (i.e. mandatory to transpose) provisions of EU Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 which is aimed at safeguarding the rights of...

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (19 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I understand that FÁS is currently collating the information requested by the Deputy. I will write to the Deputy again once this has been completed.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 206 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...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 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 — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department received an application under the Insolvency Payments Scheme on 27 November 2009 for Arrears of Wages, Holiday Pay and Minimum Notice on behalf of the person concerned and some former employees of this company. The impact on business of the severe economic circumstances currently pertaining has resulted in a significant rise in the level of...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (19 Jan 2010)

Dara Calleary: Budget 2010 provided an increase of 14.6% in the weekly child dependent allowance for qualifying participants on FÁS training and employment schemes.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Tánaiste and I are very concerned about the current delays being experienced by businesses and individuals in the processing of statutory redundancy payments and we have taken measures to improve this situation. However, the delays in processing are not generally of the order referred to by the Deputy if all relevant information and supporting documents have been supplied to the...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (17 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: Please find below the figures as requested by the Deputy. Permits Issued by County 2000 – 2009 (up to 15/12/2009) Year County Total New Renewals Group 2009 7,754 3,904 3,850 0 Undefined * 265 246 19 0 Antrim 1 0 1 0 Carlow 64 34 30 0 Cavan 66 14 52 0 Clare 123 64 59 0 Cork 524 247 277 0 Donegal 106 39 67 0 Down 1 0 1 0 Dublin 3,762 1,882 1,880 0 ...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Dec 2009)

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 (17 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Employment Appeals Tribunal is an independent, quasi-judicial body under the aegis of my Department. Secretarial and administrative support is provided by Departmental staff. Additional administrative resources have been allocated to the Tribunal, both last year and this year, to help it process claims. I am aware that the Tribunal has been taking additional administrative and...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Dec 2009)

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 (17 Dec 2009)

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 (16 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: 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. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work routine and to...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: There are a number of training programmes provided by FÁS for persons in employment. Workplace Basic Education Fund Training was provided to a total of 918 persons in employment with low basis skills levels in 2008 and will have provided such training to 2,407 persons in 2009. Screen Training Ireland This programme provided training to 1,574 people in 2008 and to 956 people to date in...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (16 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: There will be a reduction in the Social Welfare linked allowances paid to participants on Community Employment (CE) and Jobs Initiative (JI) programmes and FÁS training courses in line with the Budget reductions to Social Welfare recipients. The FÁS additional allowance for participants on CE and JI will also be reduced from €24.40 and €48.80 per week to €20 and €40 per week...