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Employment Permits Bill 2005: Report Stage. (5 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: I cannot accept the amendment because it would not be feasible to include provision for each type of employment where the applicable terms and conditions are under the relevant employment regulations orders and registered employment agreements. There are 18 employment regulation orders and 45 registered employment agreements, each of which may cover different employment types. Section...

Employment Permits Bill 2005: Report Stage. (5 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: I move amendment No. 96: In page 11, line 12, to delete "non-national" and substitute "foreign national".

Employment Permits Bill 2005: Report Stage. (5 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: I move amendment No. 98: In page 11, lines 17 and 18, to delete "non-national" and substitute "foreign national".

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (4 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: The labour inspectorate of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is responsible for monitoring certain employment conditions for all categories of workers in Ireland, including immigrant workers. The inspectorate operates without any differentiation with regard to worker nationality, as statutory employment rights and protections apply to immigrant workers in exactly the same...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (4 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 304 and 305 together. There are currently 16 EU directives relating to employment law and occupational health and safety due to be transposed into Irish law by this Department. Of these 16 directives, seven are overdue for transposition. The details of these directives, their current position, including any enforcement proceedings being taken by the European...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (4 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: EU Directive 2003/18/EC amends the existing Council Directive 83/477/EEC as amended on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work. The existing directive as amended is fully implemented and enforced in Ireland. So, too, is the directive concerning the marketing and use of asbestos, which means that there is a ban on the marketing and use of asbestos in...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (4 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: The employment rights information unit does not keep figures on the number of calls received specifically from workers. The number of phone inquiries received during 2005 was 122,283 and the figures for the previous five years are set out in the following tabular statement. Year Phone inquiries 2004 137,926 2003 148,976 2002 129,498 2001 104,632 2000 117,733

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (4 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: The employment rights information unit does not keep figures on the number of e-mail queries received specifically from workers. The number of e-mail inquiries received during 2005 was 3,037 and the figures for the previous five years are set out in the following tabular statement. Year E-mail inquiries 2004 2,194 2003 5,165 2002 4,647 2001 2,073 2000 No statistics available

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (4 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: The employment rights information unit does not keep figures on the number of one-to-one interviews with those who are specifically workers. The overall number of one-to-one interviews carried out during 2005 was 887 and the figures for the previous five years are set out in the following tabular statement. Year One-to-one interviews 2004 619 2003 1,280 2002 1,245 2001 No...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (4 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: The current number of posts in the employment rights information unit of the Department stands at 14, broken down as follows: one higher executive officer, one executive officer and 12 clerical officers. There is currently one clerical officer vacancy. The employment rights information unit, ERIU, in addition to staffing the telephone service produces a range of materials, for example,...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (4 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: Council Directive 98/59/EC of 20 July 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to collective redundancies consolidates two previous directives in this area. The two directives concerned, namely, Council Directive 75/129/EEC of 17 February 1975 and amending Council Directive 92/56/EEC of 24 June 1992 were transposed into Irish law by means of the Protection of...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (4 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 314, 316 and 317 together. In relation to the percentage of workers who reported suffering from work related stress in 2005 and each of the preceding five years, figures obtained from the Health and Safety Authority from the Central Statistics Office, CSO, as set out in Table 1, illness category by gender, indicate that 12,200 respondents in the quarterly...

Written Answers — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (4 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: The registration of employment agreements and the maintenance of the register of such agreements is a matter for the Labour Court and one in which I have no direct function. However, I will pass the question on to the Labour Court and request it to provide the relevant information to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Employment Agencies: Employment Agencies (4 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: The number of employment agencies licensed under the Employment Agency Act 1971 and operating in the State at present is 507. The number of such agencies operating in the State in the last five years is set out in the following table. Year Number of Employment Agencies 2001 778 2002 597 2003 547 2004 477 2005 544

Written Answers — Employment Agencies: Employment Agencies (4 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: As part of the Government's commitments under Sustaining Progress, in June 2005 the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment issued a White Paper on the review of the Employment Agency Act 1971. The deadline for submissions was 15 July 2005. The Department is currently finalising the heads of a Bill based on submissions received. This process should be completed by the end of June 2006...

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Leave to Withdraw. (4 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: I listened with considerable interest to the points made by Opposition Deputies on this motion. Both sides of the House have a commitment to address the situation but have major differences on the style in which that might be done. I can only account directly for the time in which I have been involved in the Department. I had discussions with the senior Minister on this issue during which we...

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Leave to Withdraw. (4 Apr 2006)

Tony Killeen: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the order of the Dáil of 18 June 2002, to the extent that it orders that the Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999 be considered in committee of the whole Dáil, be discharged and that the Bill be withdrawn. As Members will recall, the Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999 was the subject of a Private Members debate in this House on...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (30 Mar 2006)

Tony Killeen: It is unclear from the details supplied if the amount being claimed is an improper deduction or an underpayment. Improper deductions from wages or non-payment of wages should be referred by the employee to a rights commissioner under the Payment of Wages Act 1991. A rights commissioner will give both employer and employee an opportunity to present any evidence relevant to the complaint and...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (29 Mar 2006)

Tony Killeen: On 22 February 2006, the Minister originally received notice under the Protection of Employment Act 1977, as amended, of collective redundancies at the company. The position was up-dated by the company on 1 March 2006. On 15 March, an official from the Department contacted the local FÁS office at Finglas and appraised them of the situation with a view to providing training opportunities for...

Written Answers — Employment Conditions: Employment Conditions (29 Mar 2006)

Tony Killeen: The labour inspectorate of the Department is responsible for monitoring certain employment conditions for all categories of workers in Ireland. The inspectorate has commenced enquiries with the main contractor concerned and is actively pursuing the case. Inspectors will be focused on trying to secure appropriate redress for the people concerned once the facts are satisfactorily established.