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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (24 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...and best practice in other jurisdictions as part of finalising a working draft Code. I understand a working group has been established and a first meeting, attended by representatives from ICTU and Ibec, was held on 5thOctober at the WRC. It is anticipated that the group will meet every 2 weeks in order to complete the Code. It is intended that the remote working provisions of the Act will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Bodies (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...for Social Protection and consists of an independent Chairperson, two members nominated by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and two by the Irish Business and Employer's Confederation (IBEC). I can confirm that all the above bodies continue to have dedicated email contact addresses in place for members of the Houses of the Oireachtas. These mailboxes are monitored daily and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (17 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...best practice in other jurisdictions as part of finalising a working draft Code. I understand that a working group has been established and a meeting, attended by representatives from ICTU and Ibec, took place on 5th October. It is anticipated that the group will meet every 2 weeks in order to compete the Code. Whilst taking into account the constructive discussions between the employer...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (17 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: Skillnet Ireland is a Company Limited by Guarantee. Article 26 of Skillnet Ireland’s Articles of Association provide for its Board of Directors to comprise 13 members including:One nominee of IBEC who will act as the chairperson.Six employer/business representatives comprising:three nominees from IBEC;one nominee from the Small Firms Association;one nominee from the Construction...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Martin Kenny: ...needs to recognise that measures have to be put in place to provide housing for those people across the country. The issue we spoke of earlier regarding enterprise is one of the key parts of that. When I meet IBEC representatives in the north west, they tell me they have a whole lot of businesses that want to and are prepared to create more employment but that if they create those jobs,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (12 Oct 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...in detail the recommendations contained in the LEEF Final Report on Collective Bargaining. This Group met at the end of June, and another meeting is being scheduled for the coming weeks. ICTU and Ibec are represented on the Group. In September, ahead of the last full LEEF Meeting, ICTU circulated a paper with their views on how the recommendations can be brought forward. The paper...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...on housing. I have said it before, but housing is the civil rights issue of this generation in Ireland. It is a workers’ rights issue. Lack of housing is hindering our economic growth and hampering our public services. On that point both ICTU and IBEC agree. Ireland must build at least 50,000 homes a year to address this crisis. We know that and the Taoiseach said earlier that...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (11 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...and best practice in other jurisdictions as part of finalising a working draft Code. I understand a working group has been established and a first meeting, attended by representatives from ICTU and Ibec, was held on 5thOctober at the WRC. It is anticipated that the group will meet every 2 weeks in order to complete the Code. It is intended that the remote working provisions of the Act will...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Róisín Shortall: ...from a philosophy or ideology which does not understand the importance of equality as a means to bring about social and economic success. It is a mindset which does not appreciate the huge benefits of universal public services and sees the provision of public services as being some kind of necessary evil for those who cannot afford to go private. This budget could have been...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Flexible Work Practices (10 Oct 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Neale Richmond: ...code. A working group has been established, which is working towards agreeing the contents of this draft code. The group includes representatives of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, and IBEC to ensure it can represent employees and employers alike. This group met again just last week on Thursday, 5 October. We expect the group to meet every two weeks to complete this code as...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (3 Oct 2023)

Marc MacSharry: ...the need for refrigeration, freezers, etc. From 2019 to 2023, its wage inflation was 44% and the cost of electricity increased by between 72% and 100%. We must find ways to offset some of this. IBEC, Chambers Ireland, RGDATA or the other retail and trade associations such as the Restaurants Association of Ireland, the vintners, etc., all acknowledge that these are vital improvements for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...Trade and Employment on the issue of employment protection measures for those RDF members so deployed. Engagements on an informal basis have also taken place with representatives from ICTU and IBEC where useful exchanges of information have taken place. On foot of these engagements a number of potential courses of action remain under consideration. It would be premature at this point...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2023) See 12 other results from this debate

Fergus O'Dowd: ...or witnesses that some people will be online, appearing from different locations, while participating. On behalf of the committee, I welcome from the Irish Business and Employers Confederation, IBEC, Mr. Fergal O'Brien, executive director of lobbying and influence, and Mr. Michael D'Arcy, programme lead with the IBEC-CBI joint business council. Today, we are continuing our series of...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...of housing and act with greater urgency and ambition, we are met with derision and dismissal from the Government benches. That is unacceptable. Like many others, I attended briefings this morning from IBEC and Chambers Ireland. I will attend a Focus Ireland event shortly. What we are hearing from employer bodies, business organisations, homelessness organisations and civil society...

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: ..., and to withdraw them in October. I am asking the Minister of State to ensure the Government does that, steps back and scraps these proposed increases. Yesterday morning, I and others met IBEC in Donegal, along with many businesses operating in the Border region. One of the big issues in the Border region is that there are two jurisdictions right beside one another. Filling...

Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...for their sewerage systems. Where is the money for the infrastructure to allow us to house people in County Limerick? That would support Limerick city. The Minister and I were both at an IBEC meeting. The whole focus of that meeting, which met in analogue the other day, was the affordability of houses for people who IBEC wants to work for industries in Limerick. Eli Lilly was looking...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: ...to leave for Canada, Australia and everywhere. That is people with good jobs. It is not sustainable. It is not good enough. We have had housing advocacy organisations talking about what is wrong, but now the IDA and IBEC are talking about it. It is a pure disaster. We will bring the system down. We need to see action and we need to see it now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Cost Rental Tenant In Situ Scheme: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...for a breakdown for every county. I want this done by the local authority that represents the area. We had a discussion earlier about Patrickswell. Two weeks ago I was at a meeting with IBEC. Its biggest concern is that 83% of manufacturing and floor staff are finding it difficult to get rental accommodation in urban and rural areas. Major employers such as Eli Lilly and Analog...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Holly Cairns: ...;naiste will never listen to the Opposition on these issues, or will only highlight something that has not been mentioned in the short speaking slot that I have. What does the Tánaiste have to say to IBEC? It can hardly be described as Government critics or as housing activists or as some sort of left-wing fire brands and yet housing is now one of its main concerns. IBEC has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (12 Jul 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

...: In early 2022, we established a determination of employment status working group to look at this issue specifically. The group consisted of individuals from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, IBEC, the Construction Federation of Ireland, Irish Small and Medium Employers, ISME, and officials from our own Department, the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social Protection....

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