Written answers

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Redundancy Payments

10:00 am

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Question 422: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the contents of Labour Court Recommendation No. CD/09/806 dated 26 March 2010, which recommended that employees made redundant by Wexford Area Partnership in July 2009 should receive the same redundancy terms as those which applied to redundant employees of Pobal, that is three weeks pay per year of service in addition to statutory redundancy; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that Wexford Area Partnership is unable to meet the terms of this recommendation without a specific financial allocation from his Department; the steps he will take to ensure that this Labour Court recommendation can be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29841/10]

Photo of Pat CareyPat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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I am aware of the Labour Court recommendation in this case. However, the position is that my Department was not, and never has been, the employer of the staff in question. Such staff are employed by independent companies, limited by guarantee, and have employment contracts with those companies. Therefore, any employment matters are solely for the boards of those companies.

I would also draw the attention of the Deputy to section 2 (3) of the Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007, which provides that:

The Minister shall not be, or be deemed to be, an employer, within the meaning of the Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 and 2001, by virtue of the provision of funding to a person or persons under any scheme.

Against this background, the Deputy will appreciate that the matter referred to by him is not a matter for my Department.

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