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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: Can I first of all speak uninterrupted? I did not interrupt anyone on the other side of the House when they were speaking. I commend the people of Greece on the way they have voted. They have showed real courage in voting against what has been described by other Senators in this House as an attempt by the European elites to force upon the Greek Government and people unsustainable debt,...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: -----and sitting Ministers are in for substantial pay increases. We also know that despite the facade of fairness which the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is trying to present as underpinning the Lansdowne Road agreement, higher earners, those with more than €65,000, including Deputies, are in line for a €7,000 pay increase over the next two years. What of those...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: The Senator should ask his Workers Party colleagues about that.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: A helmet.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I remember their charge about economic treason.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: No, it did not. The debt relating to those notes is now part of sovereign debt.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: No. I have pursued the game-changer about which the former Tánaiste informed us.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: Separation of sovereign debt from banking debt.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 8, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:“(5) An employer may subsequently apply to the Court to become party to the agreement in its application to any worker or workers to whom it applies.”.During the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill, both the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the TEEU called for a simple procedure to allow an...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 3: In page 10, line 40, after “concerned” to insert the following: “and 3 months’ notice of this decision shall be given to the trade union by the Court of its decision after which an appeal maybe heard no later than 6 weeks after the decision has been made”.This proposal formed part of the submission from the Irish Congress of Trade...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I accept the Minister of State's response. I understand what is permissible and what is envisaged in the legislation and what the Labour Court will have to do in terms of consultation. However, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions is saying is that is not good enough, that it should be given the opportunity to state its case and that adequate notice should be given. We are seeking to...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: No.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 4: In page 12, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: "(g) country money,".This amendment may seem strange when one sees it written. Essentially the inclusion of country money is consistent with the existing practice within the construction sector. It is a term used to deal with the reality that many construction workers face where they have to travel to...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 5: In page 14, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: "(e) the percentage of workers in the identified economic sector earning two thirds or less of median income; (f) the pervasiveness of part time and/or short hour contracts in the identified economic sector,".This issue was discussed during the debate on the National Minimum Wage (Low Commission Bill)...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: No. I regret the Minister of State is not able to support the amendment. I do not wish to make the point again. This is an issue I would have argued over a long period with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation during debates on various Bills. The view is that wages are seen as simply a cost to the economy and not as a driver. We need to take a different view. I know it is a...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I admire the optimism of the Minister of State.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I will not press the amendment.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 6: In page 14, after line 38, to insert the following:“(c) hours of work;”.We were asked to include this amendment by the Mandate trade union. The court is asked to look at a number of things. Obviously the rate of pay is the main element. The Minister of State will be aware that the difficulty for workers in short-term contracts is not so much the rate...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 7: In page 16, line 36, after "not" to insert "blacklist,".There is no provision in the legislation on the blacklisting of trade union activists. We have referred a number of times in both Houses of the Oireachtas to the blacklisting scandal exposed in Great Britain. It has been found that major construction companies engaged in systematic surveillance and the...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 9: In page 17, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:“(6) The Minister may authorise other persons, including designated union officials, to carry out inspections and monitoring of Registered Employment Agreements, Registered Employment Orders and Employment Regulation Orders. (7) The Minister may make regulations providing access, for union officials,...