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Written Answers — Work Placement Programme: Work Placement Programme (9 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 69 and 70 together. My Department, along with the Department of Social and Family Affairs and the Department of Education and Science, have been working closely together to ensure a significant response to the unemployment situation. The Work Placement Programme and the Short Time Working Training Programme, which were announced in the supplementary budget,...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Redundancy Payments Section of my Department received an application on 1 April, 2009 for a statutory redundancy lump sum payment in respect of the individual referred to. In instances where an employer is unable or refuses to pay the statutory lump sum as required in the first instance, my Department pays the statutory amount from the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) but, before doing so,...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (9 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work routine and to...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (9 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) currently has in place a team of 77 Inspectors. One of these is currently on maternity leave and is not, therefore, available for inspections and associated duties. All new inspectors are required to complete the NERA Inspection Services Introductory Training Programme and to undertake further training, including on-the-job training with...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (9 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: FÁS as an agency of my Department operates the Community Employment (CE) and Job Initiative (JI) schemes. Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons (including those with a disability) with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. The Job...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: Unemployment is increasing across the country due to the downturn in the economy and this has impacted on South Tipperary area also. This situation is unwelcome and I share the Deputy's concern in the matter. This year the Government has almost doubled the number of FÁS activation training and work experience places for the unemployed to over 129,000. This is a substantial increase on the...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 81 and 88 together. Currently, the average time it takes to process rebate applications from employers filed online is six months while claims submitted by post are taking seven months. The Redundancy Payments Section of my Department is currently processing applications filed online from December 2009 and, those submitted by post from November 2009. In...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (9 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The total income of the National Training Fund in 2008 was €419.2 million. For 2009 the income is estimated to be €405 million. A total of €381.5 million has been allocated to training schemes for 2009 and it is expected that all of this will be spent during the year. Under the terms of the National Training Act 2000, any surplus remains in the accounts of the National Training Fund...

Written Answers — Work-Life Balance: Work-Life Balance (9 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The National Framework Committee for Family Friendly Policies was established by the Social Partners in 2000 under the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness. The committee was continued and renamed in 2003, under Sustaining Progress, as the National Framework Committee for Work Life Balance Policies. The remit of the Framework Committee has been continued under the current national...

Written Answers — Training and Advisory Services: Training and Advisory Services (9 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: An annual grant is paid to assist the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in meeting the cost of providing its "Education, Training and Advisory Service" (ETAS), which provides training for union officials and activists in affiliated unions. The ETAS supports a diverse range of courses including Health and Safety, Pensions, Activist development, conflict resolution and degree courses in Business...

Written Answers — Trades Union Sector: Trades Union Sector (9 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Trade Union Act 1975 is designed to facilitate amalgamations and transfers of undertakings among trade unions by simplifying merger procedures and by making grants available from the Exchequer towards the costs incurred by unions in the process. The payment of grants is governed by section 15 of the Act, as amended by section 22 of the Industrial Relations Act 1990. The grants were paid...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The most recent information from FÁS indicates that the waiting time for FÁS training courses very much depends on the course type and location of the course. For example, there is a very short waiting time for FÁS E-College blended on-line training courses and the average waiting period for night courses would be for two or three weeks. For other courses there would be a longer waiting...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (9 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: In 2008 the total budget provided by FÁS, to the Local Employment Service was €19,500,000 while the expenditure amounted to €19,279,125. The budget for 2009 is €20,404,000, an increase of €1,124,875 on 2008 expenditure. Details of the funding provided to each of the Local Employment Services in 2008 and 2009 is provided in the following table: Expenditure Budget € €...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: Section 9 of the Redundancy Payments Act 2003 amended section 39(2)(b) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 by providing that Vice-Chairmen of the Employment Appeals Tribunal should, before their appointment, each have had not less than 5 years experience as a practising barrister or practising solicitor. That was meant to be an underpinning, in legislation, of the fact that Vice Chairmen have...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 and 191 together. The Government introduced an Employment Subsidy Scheme (Temporary) in the context of rising unemployment to help employees retain their jobs while at the same time assisting employers in retaining their productive capacity. The purpose of the scheme is to support the maintenance of vulnerable jobs and thereby: Help the economy retain its...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I am advised by FÁS that there has been no withdrawal of funding for the Return to Education Programme and contracts are currently being prepared and issued for the next term.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to takes Questions Nos. 175 to 181, inclusive, and 202 together. The Redundancy Payments Section of my Department has received a number of statutory Lump Sum applications from the relevant individuals in respect of their former employment with Irish Dresden (In Liquidation). My understanding is that the lump sum applications for the former employees of Irish Dresden are currently...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: The number of persons signing on to the live register in the Tallaght region as at end August 2009, stands at 10,121, an increase of 87% over the last twelve months, the number of people under 25 years of age signing on in Tallaght was 2,563 in August 2009 an 85% increase from August 2008. This reflects the national trend over that period as the economic crisis has taken hold. (Live Register...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I assume that the Deputy is referring to a matter which has been referred to the Labour Court. The Labour Court is an independent statutory body which acts independently in the carrying out of its functions. The Deputy's question would relate to a matter concerning the day-to-day operation of the Court, and is one in which I have no function.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: An employer who pays redundancy to a qualified employee is entitled to seek a rebate from the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in the order of 60% of the statutory amount. The Redundancy Payments Section of my Department has received statutory redundancy rebate applications from the employer concerned in respect of three of his former employees. In the case of one of the applications the rebate...