Industrial Relations (Houses of the Oireachtas)

Industrial Relations - Workplace Relations Commission - issues relating to

Sitting date: 12/10/2017
[Written Answers] In response to parliamentary questions asked by the deputy on 28 June 2017, I passed the information provided by the deputy at that time to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) for further investigation. The Inspection and Enforcement Services of the WRC monitor employment con...

Industrial Relations - Workplace Relations Commission - issues relating to

Sitting date: 12/10/2017
[Written Answers]...further to parliamentary question numbers 86 to 90 inclusive of 28 June 2017, if the Workplace Relations Commission has completed the investigation; if so, the results of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 15 to Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Ent...

Industrial Relations - Industrial relations - issues relating to

Sitting date: 11/10/2017
[Oral Answers]...the position regarding the industrial relations situation in Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 4 to Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport ]

Industrial Relations - Industrial relations - issues relating to

Sitting date: 11/10/2017
[Questions] A leopard clearly does not change its spots. The exchange between the Minister and Deputy Munster was quite revealing. We have a Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport who begrudges spending public money on developing public transport. I suspect I know the answer to my question, wh...

Industrial Relations - Industrial relations - issues relating to

Sitting date: 11/10/2017
[Questions] I thank the Deputy for his question. He is anticipating something a little prematurely but I will, of course, take into account what he has to say. I share his disappointment regarding last week’s news that the discussions between unions and Iarnród Éireann led by the Workplace Relatio...

Industrial Relations - Industrial relations - issues relating to

Sitting date: 11/10/2017
[Questions] The reason the discussions at the WRC did not reach agreement was because the management proposal was extremely aggressive. In real terms, it was effectively a wage cut. There was an official nominal increase of 1.5%. However, there were 18 conditions attached, including a reduction i...

Industrial Relations - Industrial relations - issues relating to

Sitting date: 11/10/2017
[Questions] I will not comment with such authority as Deputy Murphy on the negotiations which took place. I will not make any comment on the merits of the proposal which was made to both parties. That is a matter for both parties to resolve between themselves, as they have done in previous dispute...

Industrial Relations - Industrial relations - issues relating to

Sitting date: 11/10/2017
[Questions] Let us put some facts on the table. Passenger numbers and revenue are at an all-time high in Irish Rail. However, due to cuts, it is spending all of the available money on track and engine maintenance. More people are using rail services. There is a very important ideological element...

Industrial Relations - Industrial relations - issues relating to

Sitting date: 11/10/2017
[Questions] I thank the Deputy for his contribution. I wish to once again nail the privatisation myth that he seems to peddle as some sort of mantra for his troops. Perhaps he has not heard what I have repeatedly said in this House and in joint committees, namely, that I am not pursuing the privat...

Industrial Relations - Industrial relations - issues relating to

Sitting date: 11/10/2017
[Questions] Question No. 4 is in the name of Deputy Barry. Permission has been given to Deputy Paul Murphy to ask it.[An Leas-Cheann Comhairle]

Industrial Relations - Labour Court - recommendations

Sitting date: 03/10/2017
[Written Answers]...when an order to effect the terms of the Labour Court recommendation on construction workers pay as provided for in the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 is expected to be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) ...

Industrial Relations - Labour Court - recommendations

Sitting date: 03/10/2017
[Written Answers] In November 2016, the Construction Industry Federation made an application to the Labour Court to review the pay, pension and sick pay entitlements of craftsmen, construction operatives and apprentices in the Construction Sector. The Labour Court conducted its Review, which includ...

Industrial Relations - Trade union membership - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of teachers that had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 January 2017 in voluntary secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 140 to Minister for Ed...

Industrial Relations - Trade union membership - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of teachers that had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 January 2017 in community schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 141 to Minister for Education an...

Industrial Relations - Trade union membership - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of teachers that had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 January 2017 in comprehensive schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 142 to Minister for Educatio...

Industrial Relations - Trade union membership - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of teachers that had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 January 2017 in community schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 144 to Minister for Education an...

Industrial Relations - Trade union membership - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of teachers that had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 January 2017 in comprehensive schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 145 to Minister for Educatio...

Industrial Relations - Trade union membership - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of teachers that had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in voluntary secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 146 to Minister for Educa...

Industrial Relations - Trade union membership - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of teachers that had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in community schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 147 to Minister for Education and S...

Industrial Relations - Trade union membership - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of teachers that had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in comprehensive schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 148 to Minister for Education a...

Industrial Relations - Trade union membership - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of teachers that had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in voluntary secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 149 to Minister for Educa...

Industrial Relations - Trade union membership - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of teachers that had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in community schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 150 to Minister for Education and S...

Industrial Relations - Trade union membership - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of teachers that had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in comprehensive schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 151 to Minister for Education a...

Industrial Relations - Trade union membership - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers] I propose to take Questions Nos. 140 to 151, inclusive, together. The information as requested by the Deputy is being compiled and I will arrange for it to be forwarded to him.

Industrial Relations - Workplace Relations Commission - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Written Answers]...if the Workplace Relations Commission remains under the remit of her department with respect to services (details supplied). [Q. No(s) 54 to Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation ]

Industrial Relations - Workplace Relations Commission - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Written Answers] Following certain changes in Departmental functions that came into effect on 1 September 2017, certain responsibilities formerly within the remit of this Department have transferred to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. The Schedule to Statutory Instrument ...

Industrial Relations - Industrial relations - issues relating to

Sitting date: 20/09/2017
[Written Answers]...if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Labour Court recommendation not to include travel time in the upcoming construction SEO amounts to a 11% pay cut for persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 137 to Tánaiste and Minister for Business, ...

Industrial Relations - Industrial relations - issues relating to

Sitting date: 20/09/2017
[Written Answers] The Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act of 2015 provides for a new statutory framework – Sectoral Employment Orders - for establishing minimum rates of remuneration and other terms and conditions of employment for a specified type, class or group of workers. This is in effect a f...

Industrial Relations - Labour Court - recommendations

Sitting date: 11/09/2017
[Written Answers]...her views on whether Labour Court recommendations should be adhered to; and the circumstances in which in her view it is appropriate that they be ignored. [Q. No(s) 1889 to Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection ]