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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: That would be the normal practice in the situation. That would be a matter for the Workplace Relations Commission. If a company were to say it is economically unviable for me to do this but they are actually employing people for those hours anyway, then the responsibility would be on them to prove that they could not do this economically. How that is worked out would be an issue for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: That is a matter for this committee. First, a case cannot be taken by a person until he or she has been working six months. At the very minimum, it would be six months before an employee could request that his or her contract would reflect the hours he or she works. The issues that Deputy Neville raised can be teased out and amendments tabled. These are rare examples of difficulties. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: I thank the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: In response to Senator Gavan citing the remark on the non-existent problem, I have not seen that but I have heard that said by some employer organisations in the past. I was an Oireachtas Member who worked with Members from all parties and none during my last term to develop a report on low pay supported by all parties. When I engaged with some of the employer organisations, and I did so in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: That is probably the best articulation of the Bill I have heard so far so I thank the Senator for it. It is exactly what the Bill intends to do. There are all sorts of arguments that were introduced to this debate that had nothing to do with what the Bill seeks to do. The Senator may have heard me making the point earlier that there are issues around where workers can and should be able to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: Absolutely.

Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: On 12 June 2015, Clerys closed its doors and many people lost their jobs in what was a tactical insolvency. Since then the Cahill-Duffy report made a number of recommendations. When will we see a Bill that deals with tactical insolvencies so that we do not have a repeat of what happened to the Clerys workers?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive its allocation for 2017 under the summer works scheme in view of the fact urgent works are needed on health and safety grounds and the school management needs time to put the works out to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4284/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Insolvency Payments Scheme (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provisions he has made in budget 2017 to compensate persons (details supplied) who have unpurchased pensionable years and are awaiting compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4017/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Insolvency Payments Scheme (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any recommendation has been made to his Department by a third party to make an ex gratia payment to persons (details supplied) with unpurchased pensionable years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4018/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 533. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Waterford can expect to receive services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4043/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 586. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient hospital cancellations at University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2012 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4428/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 587. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2012 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4429/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 588. To ask the Minister for Health the combined number of patients on hospital trolleys at University Hospital Waterford from 1 January 2017 to 25 January 2017; and the overall figure for the corresponding time period in 2016. [4430/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 589. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced from University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2013 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4431/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 590. To ask the Minister for Health if a service level agreement exists between University Hospital Waterford, UHW, and or private and public hospitals in Cork to treat cardiac patients; if so, the terms of such agreements; the number of patients from UHW which have been seen in Cork hospitals; the additional number which will be seen in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 591. To ask the Minister for Health the total agency spend at University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2011 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4433/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 591. To ask the Minister for Health the total agency spend at University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2011 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4433/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 592. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of vacant posts in the radiology department at University Hospital Waterford, broken down by grade and title; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4434/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance Regulation (31 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 717. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans his Department has developed or is in the process of developing to address the issue of excessive quotes for wheelchair access taxis in view of the fact that such quotes have a detrimental effect on the dynamics of the licences issued by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4139/17]