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Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (15 Jun 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 — Work Permits: Work Permits (15 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department processes applications in respect of the different types of employment permits (Green Cards Permits, Work Permits, Spousal/Dependant Permits and Intra-company Transfer Permits). All applications are processed in line with the Employment Permits Act 2006. I set out hereunder the figures as requested by the Deputy. I apologise to the Deputy for the delay in responding but the...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (15 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: Since 2004, a key element of Irish labour market policy has been to ensure that general labour and skills needs are met from indigenous labour and from within the workforce of the European Union. For strategic skills or labour shortages in designated occupations in key economic sectors, Government policy is to issue employment permits for the employment of non-EEA nationals for specific...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (15 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: Since 2004, a key element of Irish labour market policy has been to ensure that general labour and skills needs are met from indigenous labour and from within the workforce of the European Union. For strategic skills or labour shortages in designated occupations in key economic sectors, Government policy is to issue employment permits for the employment of non-EEA nationals for specific...

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: He put it back together again.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: I too am happy to stand here this evening in support of the motion of confidence in the Taoiseach. I do so because I am happy that the reports presented to us last week by the three experts present very serious challenges to the State and to the way that we govern the State. For once, these are challenges that will be dealt with in this House, in the Oireachtas committees and in the various...

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: There was nothing to listen to.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: What is the Labour position on the Croke Park deal?

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: Political correspondents can get embarrassed too.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Deputy should tell us about his own past.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: Fine Gael wanted to spend more money.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (9 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: Since 2004, a key element of Irish labour market policy has been to ensure that general labour and skills needs are met from indigenous labour and from within the workforce of the European Union. For strategic skills or labour shortages in designated occupations in key economic sectors, Government policy is to issue employment permits for the employment of non-EEA nationals for specific...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (9 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: Under the Employment Permits Acts 2003 and 2006 a non-EEA national must hold a valid employment permit issued by my Department or have other relevant permission from the Department of Justice and Law Reform to work in the State. The Employment Permits Section of my Department processes employment permit applications under the different Employment Permit Schemes (Green Cards, Work Permits,...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (9 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Employment Equality Act, 1998 and the Equal Status Act, 2000, are within the remit of the Minister for Community, Equality, and Gaeltacht Affairs. They outlaw discrimination in employment on the grounds of, among other matters, gender, marital status, family status, age, disability, race, sexual orientation and religious belief. Discrimination is described in Section 6 of the...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (9 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: Since 2004, a key element of Irish labour market policy has been to ensure that general labour and skills needs are met from indigenous labour and from within the workforce of the European Union. For strategic skills or labour shortages in designated occupations in key economic sectors, Government policy is to issue employment permits for the employment of non-EEA nationals for specific...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (9 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department processes applications in respect of the different types of employment permits (Green Cards Permits, Work Permits, Spousal/Dependant Permits and Intra-company Transfer Permits) available under the Employment Permits Act 2006. Unfortunately, I must advise the Deputy that at present, my Department is not in a position to provide the specific information requested. The Employment...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (3 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. 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 can...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (3 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: I can advise the Deputy that my Department received a statutory redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the individual concerned in September 2009. This claim has been processed and payment of the amount due to the individual was issued by my Department on 31 March 2010.

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (3 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: The enforcement of the statutory occupational health and safety code is a function assigned to the Health and Safety Authority which is an independent agency established under the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. The Authority is independent in the carrying out of its investigation and prosecutorial functions and the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation has no operational...

Seanad: Innovation Economy Development (3 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: I thank Senator Donohoe for raising this issue and for his continued interest in this area. It is important to put on record that there have been considerable successes in the public service in the use of information and communications technology, ICT. The big transaction processing Departments have been highly successful in implementing complex IT systems for their lines of business and...