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Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (17 Feb 2004)

Frank Fahey: The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2001, S.I. No. 481 of 2001, contain detailed provisions relating to the construction, maintenance, inspection, operation, testing and examination etc. of lifting appliances, including tower cranes. They also contain requirements regarding specific certified training of tower crane drivers. In addition the Health and Safety...

Written Answers — Bullying in the Workplace: Bullying in the Workplace (17 Feb 2004)

Frank Fahey: A task force on the prevention of workplace bullying was established on 21 September 1999 to identify the size of the problem and the sectors most at risk and to develop practical programmes and strategies to prevent workplace bullying. The task force examined the existing legislation on industrial relations, employment equality, protection and health and safety issues. Serious consideration...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (30 Mar 2004)

Frank Fahey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 207 and 208 together. As part of the Government's decision in 1999 to restructure community employment , future participation in CE by an individual was capped at three years, effective from April 2000. All time worked on CE after this date is taken into account by FÁS when determining an individual's eligibility for the programme. Offshore island residents...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (30 Mar 2004)

Frank Fahey: Every sector of employment is subject to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989 and regulations made under that Act. Where tidy towns committees or residents associations recruit workers, they are subject to the requirements of the safety and health at work legislation. Under section 6(2)(e) of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989 and Regulation 13 of the Safety, Health...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (30 Mar 2004)

Frank Fahey: On 30 December 2003, the European Commission launched a communication — addressed to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — regarding the review of Directive 93/104/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time. The Commission has called for all interested parties, including the social...

Written Answers — Transport of Dangerous Goods: Transport of Dangerous Goods (4 May 2004)

Frank Fahey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 135 and 136 together. A memorandum on the matter of acceding to the ADR is being prepared by this Department and will be submitted to Government by the Department of Foreign Affairs later this year. The current legislative provisions relating to the appointment, examination etc. of safety advisers for the transport of dangerous goods by road are set out in the...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (4 May 2004)

Frank Fahey: Any specific action in respect of radon is a matter for the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland, which is the designated competent national authority for this purpose. The relevant Irish legislation is the Radiological Protection Act 1991 (Ionising Radiation) Order 2000, SI 125 of 2000. Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989, employers are required to identify hazards...

Written Answers — Local Employment Service: Local Employment Service (4 May 2004)

Frank Fahey: At my request, FÁS undertook an assessment of the labour market needs of the County Clare region in the context of the closure of the local employment service. It consulted relevant parties in the region, including staff representatives and SIPTU, as part of the process. The assessment has been completed and my Department is considering the report.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (4 May 2004)

Frank Fahey: The person concerned received his full statutory redundancy entitlements on being made redundant on 5 August 2002. The calculation was based on his age, length of service in employment and gross weekly wage at the time he was declared redundant — the date on which notice was given, which in this case was 19 July 2002. When the man in question was made redundant, the statutory entitlement...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (4 May 2004)

Frank Fahey: As part of the Government's decision in 1999 to restructure community employment, future participation in community employment by an individual was capped at three years, effective from April 2000. The change was introduced to discourage repeated participation in community employment and to encourage unemployed persons to avail of training and education options, where possible. Such options...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (13 May 2004)

Frank Fahey: The total number of community employment projects is likely to reduce slightly from the 1,368 in operation at year-end 2003. However, there are no reductions planned in the overall level of places available on the community employment programme in 2004. FÁS encourages projects that might otherwise not be renewed due to insufficient numbers of participants to amalgamate with neighbouring...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (13 May 2004)

Frank Fahey: FÁS had 289.5 staff at grade 7 and above at the end of 2003 and 170 at the end of 1997. These management grades, 1 to 7, are spread throughout head office and the eight FÁS regions. The increase in numbers at these levels is as a result of a major programme of change agreed in FÁS in 1996 negotiated under the auspices of the then FÁS mediation panel and agreed in the context of the...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (13 May 2004)

Frank Fahey: FÁS continues to provide many introductory level courses nationally as part of its services to the unemployed. These programmes are variously offered as European computer driving licence, ECDL, introduction to basic computers, and introduction to keyboard and computer skills. Sometimes such courses are discrete courses in their own right or sometimes they are delivered as modules within a...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (13 May 2004)

Frank Fahey: The latest published follow-up survey of FÁS participants was carried out by the ESRI and published in 2003. It was based on asking a sample of FÁS trainees that left their FÁS programme in 2001 about their status in autumn 2002. The survey estimated that 45% of live registrants that completed FÁS training courses were in employment at the time of the follow-up survey. A further 20% had...

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (13 May 2004)

Frank Fahey: The national minimum wage can only be increased following a recommendation contained in a national agreement or, where no national agreement is in place, any organisation which the Labour Court is satisfied is substantially representative of employees or employers can request the Labour Court to examine the national minimum hourly rate of pay, not earlier than 12 months after the Minister...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (13 May 2004)

Frank Fahey: On 27 April 2004, the company concerned wrote to my Department giving full notification of the proposed collective redundancies under section 12 of the Protection of Employment Act 1977. It also stated that the employee representatives had been consulted — sections 9 and 10 of that Act. If the employees concerned are in any way unhappy with the consultation and provision of information...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (13 May 2004)

Frank Fahey: The labour inspectorate of my Department is part of the employment rights enforcement section. At present, the inspectorate has a complement of 17 inspector posts supported by a further seven administrative posts. The employment rights enforcement section comprises three inter-linked units which, apart from the inspectorate, incorporates the employment rights information unit — ten staff...

Written Answers — Migrant Workers: Migrant Workers (13 May 2004)

Frank Fahey: Ireland has not signed and is not a party to the International Convention on the Protection and of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. The convention, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 1990, entered into force on 1 July last, following its ratification by the requisite number of states, 20. However, although the convention on migrant workers...

Written Answers — Public Holidays: Public Holidays (13 May 2004)

Frank Fahey: The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 provides for the entitlement of employees to the following nine public holidays per year. These are 1 January, New Year's Day; St. Patrick's Day; Easter Monday; the first Monday in May; the first Monday in June; the first Monday in August; the last Monday in October; Christmas Day; St. Stephen's Day. The average public holiday entitlement in the EU at...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (13 May 2004)

Frank Fahey: The latest published follow-up survey of FÁS participants was carried out by the ESRI and published in 2003. It was based on asking a sample of FÁS trainees that left their FÁS programme in 2001 about their status in autumn 2002. Trainees were asked about their employment status in the month before coming on training. In the 2002 survey, 26% stated that they were in receipt of unemployment...