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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: IDA Ireland Jobs Data (3 Dec 2019)

Pat Breen: Deputy Collins also referred to the islands. As he knows, in the past month the Tánaiste and the Minister of State, Deputy Kyne, formally launched a consultative process which will formulate a new national policy for the future development of the islands. This will lead to the development of a national policy which will ensure our island communities are supported in a sustainable way...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: IDA Ireland Jobs Data (3 Dec 2019)

Pat Breen: The regional enterprise development fund is extremely important for the regions in Ireland and was initiated by our Department. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and I recently visited the Ludgate Hub and saw what Skibbereen can do. It is a very innovative project and a lot of micro enterprises are working out of it. The regional enterprise development fund has benefited west Cork,...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: IDA Ireland Jobs Data (3 Dec 2019)

Pat Breen: No enterprise policy is more important than strengthening regional development, including through the growth of foreign direct investment, FDI. The Department is doing everything it can to increase and deepen FDI throughout the country. The energy and resources we have invested into that objective is, as the evidence illustrates, producing results. In 2018, for example, the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Labour Authority (3 Dec 2019)

Pat Breen: Regulation (EU) 2019/1149 establishing a European Labour Authority (ELA) was adopted on 20 June 2019 and entered into force on 31 July 2019. The European Labour Authority has the following objectives: - Facilitate access to information and services to citizens and business about their rights and obligations, - Facilitate cooperation between Member States in the enforcement of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Joint Labour Committees (3 Dec 2019)

Pat Breen: Joint Labour Committees (JLCs) are provided for under the Industrial Relations Act 1946 and were reformed by the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act, 2012.   JLC’s may be set up by the Labour Court on the application of (i) the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, or (ii) a trade union, or (iii) any organisation claiming to be representative of the workers or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Joint Labour Committees (3 Dec 2019)

Pat Breen: Joint Labour Committees (JLCs) are provided for under the Industrial Relations Act 1946 and were reformed by the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act, 2012.   JLC’s may be set up by the Labour Court on the application of (i) the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, or (ii) a trade union, or (iii) any organisation claiming to be representative of the workers or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (3 Dec 2019)

Pat Breen: If an Employer/Respondent fails to comply with a decision of an Adjudication Officer of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) within the prescribed time, an application may be made to the District Court in accordance with section 43 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 for an Order directing the Respondent to carry out the decision. The application can be made by the following: - The...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Breen: I thank all nine Members who spoke on the Bill today - Senators Nash, Bacik, O'Mahony, Davitt, Craughwell, Gavan, Warfield, Higgins and Norris. I noted their contributions and their concerns. I particularly thank Senator Nash for the work he has done on this Bill, and also his co-sponsor, Senator Bacik. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Private Members' Bill. Having listened to...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Breen: Sorry, I should say Senators. I thank Senator Norris. It is good the Senator is listening.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Breen: Senators across the board will agree that this voluntarist system has served us well over the years in the resolution of various disputes between workers, worker representatives and employers. There has been a consensus among the social partners that the terms and conditions of employment of workers are best determined through the process of voluntary bargaining between employers and workers...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (19 Nov 2019)

Pat Breen: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent statutory office under the aegis of my Department. The WRC is mandated to secure compliance with Ireland’s employment, equality and industrial relations legislation. As part of its statutory functions, the WRC adjudicates on cases under employment rights, industrial relations and equal status legislation. If a party is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (12 Nov 2019)

Pat Breen: Access to the industrial relations machinery of the State is governed by the definition of “worker” in Section 23 of the Industrial Relations Act 1990, which provides, inter alia, that a “worker” means any person aged 15 years or more who has entered into or works under a contract with an employer. However, it must be appreciated that where a person is retired they...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (12 Nov 2019)

Pat Breen: 407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46063/19]

Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Pat Breen: On behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, I thank all the Members of the House present, and those who were present last night, for their considered contributions and views on this Bill. The Minister acknowledges the broad welcome given to the Bill by all Members of the House. I also welcome the level of consensus on the Bill, which is apparent from the contributions of Deputies...

Seanad: Report of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Pat Breen: It is a pleasure to see Senators back in their old home in the grandeur of one of the nicest rooms in Leinster House.

Seanad: Report of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Pat Breen: I am sure they are all happy to be back here again. I am delighted to be here following the publication of the Seanad Public Consultation Committee's report on small and medium-sized businesses in Ireland in May of this year. I congratulate Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh for his excellent work on the small and medium enterprise, SME, sector. As an entrepreneur, he was in a strong...

Seanad: Report of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Pat Breen: I thank all the Deputies who contributed to an interesting debate-----

Seanad: Report of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Pat Breen: I have noted all the Senators' comments. I will inquire into the Údarás na Gaeltachta funding for the LEOs for Senator Ó Céidigh. That is well noted. I noted the comments of Senators Devine and Davitt on apprenticeships. Apprenticeships are important. Thankfully, we are gone from the days when mothers and fathers felt that all their sons and daughters should get...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (5 Nov 2019)

Pat Breen: 820. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1430 of 6 September 2019 and the decision to increase the eligible area of land in November 2018 backdated to 2015, the reason balancing payments for AEOS, ANC and GLAS for the period 2015 to 2018 has not issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: With reference to the amendments tabled by Deputy Munster which have been passed by the House - I am not opposing them - I am advised that further legal consideration is necessary of the operational implications for Enterprise Ireland and that other potential unforeseen consequences of their inclusion will be fully considered prior to the Bill, with the amendments, passing to Seanad Eireann...