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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. Representatives of a number of employer organisations appeared before the committee last week, so this is our second set of hearings on this issue. Obviously, we are examining low pay and a living wage, as well as income and economic inequality across the economy. There is a clear conflict between what the employer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: I also asked about under-employment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: With respect, this is not something that would not be said outside this meeting. I do not see what the difficulty is with witnesses offering an opinion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: With respect, people are entitled to offer an opinion on the work practices of an employer. The purpose of this meeting is to hear from the witnesses about the reality of low pay for many workers. A number of highly profitable companies are employing people on low hour contracts. It is outrageous that witnesses are not allowed to discuss that issue because it is the elephant in the room....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: I welcome the two witnesses from the Small Firms Association, SFA. Mr. A. J. Noonan said he was amused at the contributions from the trade union representatives, but I do not think there is anything amusing about the issues we are discussing. We are examining the issue of low pay. The facts from EUROSTAT, the OECD, the CSO, the Think-tank for Action on Social Change, TASC, and the Nevin...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: Apologies - the SFA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: To come back to the living wage concept, I wish to refer to part of the presentation which we did not get to. The presentation suggests that it is not the job of businesses to redistribute wealth but to create wealth which can then be redistributed by Government. At the very start of the presentation, reference is made to the fact that the business community and small firms in particular...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: I am posing the questions. My point is that we are getting different figures from Mr. Taft and from Ms Callan. I looked at the EUROSTAT figures and they show that we drop significantly below the European average when one factors in the price of goods and services. The witnesses are obviously against an increase in the minimum wage and I would imagine that they are also against wage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: With respect, Mr. Noonan is not on the minimum wage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: There are people who are on the minimum wage-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: There are people who are on the minimum wage-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: There are people who are on the minimum wage who cannot afford to meet their basic needs. There are people on low pay who are suffering because they live in deprivation. That is the reality for those workers. I am asking the witnesses, as representatives of employers' organisations, what responsibility employers have to meet that challenge and to deal with the very real situations those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: I understand Rhonellen’s position because it was stated in its presentation that it is against increasing the minimum wage. We can agree to disagree on the impact that would have on businesses, competitiveness, job losses and so on. If the company is not prepared to support an increase in the minimum wage, how does it stand over 21% of workers being on low pay? How does it stand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: What has that got to do with it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: If I can respond to that through the Chair, because a number of charges have been made-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: When the Senator has concluded.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 65(1) of Principal Act 2. Section 65(1) of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of “1 member, who is” for “3 members, all of whom are”.”.Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh had to leave for an engagement so I am dealing with this...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, in between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 82(1) of Principal Act 4. Section 82(1) is amended by the insertion of the following definition:“ “Independent Adjudicator” means a member of the judiciary chosen to adjudicate on disputes between the Ombudsman Commission and the Garda...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister of State for his advice but shall press the amendment.