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Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (1 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Employment Permits Section informs me that an application in respect of the above named was received on the 24th June 2009.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (1 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: Under the Redundancy Payments Scheme all eligible employees are entitled to a statutory redundancy lump sum payment on being made redundant. A redundancy situation arises in general where an employee's job no longer exists and he/she is not replaced. I understand that the Redundancy Section of my Department has on record an application from the individual concerned. When an employer is not...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (1 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: FÁS does not run any Building Energy Rating (BER) course on a fee-paying basis. The FÁS training centre in Cabra provides BER training to unemployed persons at no direct cost to the individual trainees. This is the only such course run by FÁS. It is delivered as a mainline day course and participation on it is reserved for persons who are out of work.

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (1 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: My Department and FÁS have been working together over the last number of months to put in place measures to assist up to 3,600 apprentices who have been made redundant due to the current downturn. A number of initiatives to assist such apprentices have been put in place to date: The Department of Social and Family Affairs immediately on registration refer redundant apprentices to FÁS for...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Towards 2016 Review and Transitional Agreement 2008-2009 provides that the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit victimisation, including dismissal, and incentivisation, and to provide effective protection and means of redress to employees when engaged in the proper and legitimate exercise of their rights to trade union membership or activity on behalf of a trade...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Work Placement Programme is being created in order to provide 2,000 six-month work experience places for graduates and other individuals. The aim of this scheme is to provide invaluable work experience to individuals who are unemployed, who have recently graduated from college or have very limited experience of the workplace. To date the number of individuals who have expressed an...

Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) currently has in place a team of 77 Inspectors. Recruitment competitions were held to bring the number of Inspectors from the original level of 31 Inspectors up to the level of 90 committed to under Towards 2016. 60 inspectors were assigned to NERA from these competitions. All NERA inspectors were recruited by way of competitive procedures,...

Written Answers — Job Initiative: Job Initiative (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: On 1 January 2006 responsibility for the Social Economy Programme transferred to the Department of Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs and it has been re-named as the Community Services Programme. FÁS as an agency of my Department operates Job Initiative (JI). The Job Initiative Programme (JI) was launched in July 1996 and provides full time employment for people who are 35 years of age or...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 62 and 113 together. The Short-Time Training Programme is a joint initiative between my Department and the Department of Social and Family Affairs. This Programme, which will cost €1 million, will provide 277 individuals who are working a 3-day week and are receiving social welfare payments for the other 2 days, with training for these 2 days for a period of...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Health and Safety Authority is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and associated statutory provisions. There have been 18 workplace deaths reported to the Authority to date in 2009 (as at 02.07.09). The numbers of workplace deaths reported to the Authority for the years 2002-2008 are as follows: 57 in 2008; 67 in 2007; 51...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Towards 2016 Review and Transitional Agreement 2008-2009 provides for the establishment of a review process which will consider the legal and other steps which are required to enable the mechanisms addressing the issue of employee representation, which were established under previous Agreements, to operate as they had been intended. This review will be carried out under the auspices of...

Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The joint investigation teams between the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA), the Department of Social and Family Affairs and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners have been operational since 2007. The Social Partnership Agreement 'Towards 2016', provided for greater co-ordination between organisations concerned with employment rights compliance, with a view to realising the...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The role of FÁS in relation to the National Drugs Strategy is to facilitate the rehabilitation of stabilised drug users and to prepare them to re-enter the active labour market through focused training which will enable them to re-integrate into working life. This is being achieved through participation in a range of FÁS programmes, including Community Employment (CE), and also integration...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The latest Quarterly National Household Survey published on 25 June, 2009, shows that unemployment in the Border, Midlands and Western region was 11.4%. For the Southern and Eastern region the figure was 9.7%. The figure for the country as a whole was 10.2%. The Enterprise Development agencies under the aegis of my Department are working closely and with local interests in order to maintain...

Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) has carried out a total of 10,445 calls, visits and inspections up to the 26th of June 2009. This compares with 11,499 for the corresponding period in 2008. The number of actual inspections increased by 94 while the number of calls and interviews decreased by 688 and 460 respectively. NERA conducted almost twice as many workplace inspections...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 88 and 114 together. This year the Government have 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 66,000 places, which were available at the end of last year. The majority of these additional places are on short courses and will be delivered through...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: In response to the rising numbers of unemployed, the Government has formulated and implemented a realistic and practical strategy to prioritise the activation and training of such individuals. 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...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: It is crucial that with the increasing numbers of people who are now unemployed that we seek to further enhance the activation and training opportunities to assist these individuals. It is vital that we ensure jobseeker's are supported, and have access to appropriate and relevant guidance, education and training services. Specifically in relation to responding to the significant numbers of...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: Table 1 sets out the number of statutory redundancies for years 2002 to 2008 and provisional figures for January to June 2009. These figures reflect the number of employees who actually qualified for statutory redundancy lump sum payments. They do not reflect those who lost their jobs with less than two years service in employment. It is not possible to project the number of redundancies...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation : Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: I am confident the Employment Agency Regulation Bill can be published shortly as drafting has now been completed.