Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will supply a list of all Labour Court recommendations that have been issued in respect of her Department and organisations under her aegis that have not been complied with in full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37759/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Department does not normally use the Labour Court for dispute resolution, the relevant forum in this regard is the civil service Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme.

However, in the context of the transfer of a significant number of staff to the Department from the Community Welfare Service of the Health Service Executive and the Employment Support Services of FÁS, three HR related issues were referred for ad hoc arbitration in accordance with section 1.24 of the Public Service Agreement: application of the PCW agreement to staff transferring to the Department; matters relating to seniority and service; and matters relating to career development and promotion.

The recommendations relating to the first two matters above have been complied with in full and the necessary arrangements in relation to the implementation of the third issue have commenced.

The statutory agencies that operate under the aegis of the Department are the Pensions Board and the Citizens Information Board. The Office of the Pensions Ombudsman also comes under the remit of the Department. No Labour Court recommendations have been issued in respect of these organisations.