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Seanad: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (3 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: First, I wish to outline some of the responses by Government agencies, of which the Senator will be aware. I acknowledge the work he put in during the weeks following the announcement. In recent weeks the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, has been in close and regular contact with State agencies, Quinn Insurance employee representatives and local public...

Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (3 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am in enough trouble.

Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (3 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, who is in the Dáil Chamber. As is happening in all developed countries, management of the performance of our health service is increasingly focused on the outputs achieved, rather than simply the inputs. Service delivery is about access to appropriate care for patients, not...

Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (3 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: I will ask the Minister, Deputy Harney, to revert directly to the Senator.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 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 (2 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...

Seanad: Whistleblowing in the Financial Sector: Statements (2 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: I thank Senators for their contributions to the debate and particularly for the passion they have injected into it. I commit to discussing their inputs, including their concerns about restrictions on the proposals, with my ministerial colleagues, after which I will come back to the House to update it. It is wrong to suggest, as some Senators have, that nothing has been done and that we are...

Seanad: Whistleblowing in the Financial Sector: Statements (2 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: This is the first occasion I have had to be in the House since the death of Senator Kieran Phelan. I extend my sympathy to his family and all his colleagues. He took great pride in his membership of this House. He always referred to it, particularly to those of us in the other House, as the Upper House. I encourage all Members to reflect the pride he had and in their membership of the...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (1 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 (1 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to both the Redundancy and Insolvency Payments Schemes on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. Table 1 sets out the number of redundancy claims received by my Department in each month from January 2007 to end April 2010 under the Redundancy Payments Scheme. These figures reflect the number of employees who...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (1 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: In my reply to the Deputy's previous Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 19 May 2010, I confirmed that my Department received a lump sum claim for the individual concerned on 15 September 2009. I did however indicate that there remains an outstanding query with the employee's former employer that, if resolved to satisfaction, would allow the claim to be processed for payment shortly thereafter....

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (1 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: A properly controlled employment permit system requires that permits be issued to a specific employee for a specific job with a specific employer. To do otherwise would not only risk abuse of the employment permit system but would make it much more difficult to ensure that employers observed the employment rights of employees. In the event that a non-EEA national on a valid employment permit...

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (1 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: I understand that the case raised by the Deputy related to an industrial relations dispute, rather than one involving issues of employment rights law. The case was heard before a rights commissioner who issued his decision on 9 May 2008. The claimant appealed this decision to the Labour Court. The Labour Court subsequently issued its decision upholding the decision of the rights...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (1 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 (1 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 (1 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 — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (1 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: The National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) endeavours to ensure that people, who are new to this country whether as employee or employer, are aware of the legislation relating to employment law. The Employment Permits service of my Department also gives information on employment rights to each employee who is issued with a work permit. Employers' attention is drawn to employee rights...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (1 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 (1 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Appeals Officer in the Employment Permits Section of my Department is currently dealing with appeals received in the last week of January 2010. A decision will be made on this appeal in the next week.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (1 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Employment Permits Section of 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. Due to the prioritisation of business needs of my Department, it was necessary to re-deploy...