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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: I propose to take Questions Nos. 113 to 115, inclusive, together. The impact on business of the severe economic circumstances currently pertaining has resulted in an unprecedented increase in the level of Redundancy Payment claims lodged with my Department. This has impacted significantly on the capacity to maintain the customer service targets that previously obtained. The scale 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. The...

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

Dara Calleary: I am very concerned about the issues raised by the Migrant Rights Centre and strongly condemn any practices by employers that may result in non-compliance with employment rights entitlements or any other mistreatment of employees, including those on employment permits. I have expressed these concerns directly with representatives of the Migrant Rights Centre when I met them in April 2010....

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2010: Second Stage (1 Jun 2010)

Dara Calleary: May I share my time with the Minister for Transport, Deputy Dempsey?

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (27 May 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 (27 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I can advise the Deputy that the numbers of redundancy claims lodged with my Department for County Mayo for the years 2007 to 2009 and to date in 2010 are as set out in Table 1. I should caution that these figures reflect the number of employees who actually qualified for statutory redundancy lump sum payments. They do not reflect those who lost their jobs with less than two years service...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (27 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I can advise the Deputy that the Appeals Officer in the Employment Permits Section of my Department has been in contact with the employer requesting additional original documentation in relation to the case concerned. On receipt of this information a decision will be made on this appeal. Due to a necessary re-prioritisation of resources within the Department, a significant number of staff...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (27 May 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 (26 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: NERA aims to achieve voluntary compliance and has a priority of having breaches identified, rectified, and any sums of money due paid to employees. Where an employer either refuses, or fails to rectify those breaches and/or pay money due to the employees, the case is referred for prosecution. The total for this prosecution type for 2009 was 87. NERA also initiates criminal prosecutions in the...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 May 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. The...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 May 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 and Family Affairs. I can confirm that my Department processed and paid claims under the Insolvency Payments Scheme in respect of Arrears of Wages, Holiday Pay and Minimum Notice for the person concerned and other former employees...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 May 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 (25 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am in receipt of the Deputy's representations in this regard and will respond in full shortly. I am advised that the person concerned holds a current Work Permit valid until 19 September 2010 with a particular employer as stated on the Permit. In the event that a person changes employer, it is a requirement of the Employment Permits legislation to apply for a new Work Permit with the new...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that my Department has recently processed this redundancy lump sum claim on behalf of the individual concerned and that payment of the amount due issued on 21 May, 2010.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (25 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Employment Permits Act 2006 sets out in legislation the rules governing employment permits. One of the main objectives of this Act was to increase the rights and protections afforded to migrant workers and the means to ensure redress in the event of exploitative practices. The Act's provisions give immigrants greater freedom, autonomy and control over their own employment choices by...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (20 May 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 and Family Affairs. I can confirm that my Department received a lump sum redundancy claim for the individual concerned on 1 October, 2009 and I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the claim is at an advanced stage of processing....

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (20 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: The granting of temporary permission to remain in the State without the requirement for an Employment Permit (ie Stamp 4) is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Justice and Law Reform. In the event that a non-EEA National, who is the holder of stamp four residency status is made redundant, I would suggest that they contact the Immigration Authorities of the Department of Justice and...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (20 May 2010)

Dara Calleary: The position is, that if a non-EEA national on a valid employment permit is made redundant, they have a period of 6 months from the date of their redundancy to source another employer and apply for a new employment permit. In the event that they are unable to source another employer within that timeframe, they should contact the Immigration Authorities of the Department of Justice and Law...