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Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Nov 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 Nov 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 Nov 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 Nov 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 — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (17 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: Priority for access to FÁS training programmes is given to clients who are on the Live Register. Those who are not on the Live Register are also eligible to apply for FÁS training courses and may avail of all other FÁS services including evening and blended learning training as well as access to guidance and job search services. The Tánaiste and I will continue to monitor this...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (17 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: On the basis of the information supplied it is not clear if the employee was made redundant at a particular point in time or placed on a period of temporary lay off. A lay off situation exists when an employer suspends an employee's employment because there is no work available, when the employer expects the cessation of work to be temporary and when the employer notifies the employee to...

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

Dara Calleary: The Employment Permits Section informs me that applications in respect of renewal of Employment Permits were made for the above two named. (17/09/09 for the first named person and 08/10/09 for the second named person). A decision will issue on these applications in due course.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Nov 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 as in this case, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in...

Seanad: Higher Education Grants (17 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe. I thank the Senator for giving me this opportunity to outline the Department's plans in regard to applications by students for student grants. As the Senator will be aware, the Department funds four maintenance grant schemes for third level and further education...

Seanad: Election Management System (17 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: I thank Senator Buttimer for raising this issue and for giving me the opportunity to brief the House on the issue of postal voting. Under electoral law, in order to be able to vote at elections and referendums in this jurisdiction, a person's name must be entered on the register of electors for a constituency in the State in which the person ordinarily resides. Each city and county council...

Seanad: Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: Does the Senator wish to have him brought in before Fine Gael abolishes the House?

Seanad: Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: Quite a number have done so.

Seanad: Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: I thank Senators for their contributions and look forward to continuing the debate on Committee Stage. I wish to make a number of points on the appointment of the board. On Committee Stage in the other House, I made a commitment that we would take into account nominations from the Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, as well as the joint committee, to the board of FÁS. I...

Seanad: Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: First, I will describe the context for this Bill. FÁS is the national training and employment authority and has the remit to provide a range of proactive job-related services, supports and programmes to assist individuals to remain in and return to the labour market. The agency also promotes workforce development by upgrading the competencies and qualifications of individuals and by...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (12 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: NERA's activities can be divided into three major areas: Information services including to members of the public, employers and employees; Inspection services and, Legal services including enforcement and prosecution services. Overall, NERA's staffing complement is down from the level of 132 which obtained at the end of December 2008 to 122 at the current time. The number of inspectors...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (12 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: The importance of upskilling the Irish workforce to meet present and future economic and social goals is well established. Upskilling improves competitiveness and hence business success and economic growth. It also significantly contributes to ensuring the future employability of the workforce. The remit of FÁS in this respect is to contribute to such upskilling through encouraging and...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (12 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: Under the terms of the Directive Temporary Agency Work, there is a three-year period in which Member States are required to transpose the Directive into national legislation i.e. by 5 December 2011. While the Directive provides for equal treatment for agency workers from the first day of employment, there is provision for a derogation within limits by way of collective agreement or by...

Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (12 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 13, 24, 73 and 75 together. Joint investigation arrangements between the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA), the Department of Social and Family Affairs and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners have been operational since 2007. The Social Partnership Agreement, 'Towards 2016', provided for greater co-ordination between organisations concerned with...

Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (12 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: The National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) has carried out a total of 22,136 calls, visits and inspections up to the 6th of November 2009. This compares with 25,530 for the corresponding period in 2008. The number of actual inspections decreased by 1,419 while the number of calls and interviews decreased by 1,040 and 935, respectively. The decreased level of inspection activity in...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (12 Nov 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 19 and 33 together. The latest figures available to end October 2009 indicate that the number of redundancy claims awaiting processing stands at 43,826. The Redundancy Payments Section of my Department is currently processing applications filed online from March 2009 and those submitted by post from February 2009 but expects shortly to be processing online...