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

Dara Calleary: In response to the rising numbers of unemployed including graduates, 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 we respond to this...

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

Dara Calleary: The number of apprentices notified to FÁS as redundant since 1st January 2008 is 4,933, of these 1,322 have been referred, hence leaving a balance of 3,611. An apprentice who has been referred has not yet successfully completed all elements of their required assessments and is therefore required to re-sit their outstanding off-the-job modular assessments before they can progress in their...

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

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 109 together. In terms of unemployment the Government is acutely aware of the negative impacts that unemployment can have on an individual, their family and society as a whole and has invested substantial resources in addressing the unemployment problem. FÁS employment services together with Local Employment Services have put in place measures...

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

Dara Calleary: FÁS Job Clubs were introduced in 1999 to assist people who were actively seeking employment by providing support for the job search process and an environment in which it could be carried out. Independent Sponsor Groups are contracted by FÁS on a year to year basis to run the programme. Job Clubs are seen as an important resource and intervention for those who have recently completed...

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

Dara Calleary: The Redundancy Payments Section of my Department is currently processing the statutory lump sum payment applications in respect of the individuals in question. The necessary support documentation from the Liquidator was recently submitted for checking and assuming the information supplied is in order, it will be possible to process the applications quickly.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (7 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. The purpose of CE is to help unemployed people to re-enter the open labour market by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to...

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

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 123 together. The aim of the Work Placement Programme is to put in place a structured mechanism that will provide vital work experience and training opportunities for the broadest number of individuals and also provide invaluable work experience for unemployed persons, including graduates, to improve their skills and to help them into employment as...

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

Dara Calleary: The Redundancy Payments Section of my Department has received a redundancy lump sum application in the case of the individual concerned. I understand that the person concerned has been in direct contact with the Redundancy Payments Section recently and a copy of the RP50 form was sent by post to the individual last week.

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

Dara Calleary: I am advised that FÁS is aware that there are a number of sitting Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas on the Sponsoring Committees of Community Employment (CE) projects. In order to accurately establish and confirm the exact numbers and names, it will be necessary to contact all of the CE Sponsors (over 1,100 Sponsors with at least 7 members on each) through our regional management to...

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. They are all employed under the standard terms and conditions governing Civil Servants in general. Inspectors are entitled to receive travel and subsistence in respect of expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their official duties. There are no proposals at present to increase the...

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

Dara Calleary: It is up to the employer in the first instance to pay statutory redundancy entitlement to employees. When an employer does so, he is entitled to claim a rebate of 60% from the Social Insurance Fund. If the employer is unable to pay the statutory amount, then the employee can, ultimately, be paid directly by my Department from the Fund. In such cases, 40% of each statutory redundancy lump...

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

Dara Calleary: The specific information requested by the Deputy is not available to me however, the table outlines the number of redundancies notified to my Department for County Cork for the period 1 January 2009 to 30 June 2009 and may be of interest to the Deputy. Currently, the average time it takes to process rebate applications from employers filed online is 6 months while claims submitted by post are...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (8 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 work routine and to...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (8 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos.113 and 114 together. It is not readily possible to provide a breakdown of numbers between Waterford City and County. The following table below shows the number of people in County Waterford, including Waterford City, who have received training or another service from FÁS over each of the past five years, and also in 2009 year-to-date. Year Yearly Total...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (8 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: There are currently 23,656 apprentices registered with FÁS. Of these 18,278 are currently employed and there is a cumulative total of 5,378 redundant apprentices in the period 1 January 2007 to 7 July 2009. The further information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tabular statement. Apprentices County Redundant Currently with Employers Armagh 6 24 Carlow 60...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (8 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The number of apprentices who have been notified to FÁS as redundant for the period 1 July, 2008, to 30 June, 2009, is 3,827. FÁS has put in place a number of measures to assist apprentices who have been made redundant in progressing their apprenticeship. Over 4,000 places will be provided under the various measures outlined below. ·The Department of Social and Family Affairs immediately...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (8 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: I am advised by FÁS that there are currently 680 participants in community employment schemes in County Waterford. Details of the number of people employed on Community Employment projects in County Waterford in each the years 2003 – 2008 are as follows: 2003-681 2004-772 2005-760 2006-650 2008-659

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (8 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: It is up to the employer in the first instance to pay statutory redundancy entitlement to employees. When an employer does so, he is entitled to claim a rebate of 60% from the Social Insurance Fund. If the employer is unable to pay the statutory amount, then the employee can, ultimately, be paid directly by my Department from the Fund. In such cases, 40% of each statutory redundancy lump...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (8 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) currently has in place a team of 77 Inspectors. They are all employed under the standard terms and conditions governing civil servants in general. Inspectors are entitled to receive travel and subsistence in respect of expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their official duties. There are no proposals at present to increase the...

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

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 68 and 108 together. The types of training programmes provided by FÁS across the Training Services, Community Services and Services to Business categories include Short courses, Traineeships, Bridging /Foundation courses, Return to Work Training Courses, Community Employment Schemes as well as more recent initiatives such as the Redundant Apprenticeship...