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Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I withdraw it and will resubmit it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 10: In page 17, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:"(v) who has entered into civil proceedings as referred in section 2B of the Act of 2003;". This is another provision to enable a worker who has embarked on civil proceedings against an exploitative employer to be awarded a permit in that specific scenario relating to that section of the Bill. It is similar...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: Are we?

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 11: In page 25, to delete lines 5 to 7 and substitute the following:"(a) where the application is made in respect of the employment sector specified in the application,".There was some discussion on Second Stage on this issue, which is an important one. One of the concerns we have about the Bill is the tie between an employer and a migrant worker, an employee. We have...

Seanad: Eye Care: Motion (16 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister to the House and genuinely wish him well in his new role. It has been considered a poisoned chalice for a long number of years but I hope it will not be for him and he brings real reform to the health service. I commend the Government and Fine Gael Senators for proposing a good motion. Normally, when the Government tables a motion in the Seanad we, in Sinn Féin,...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I withdraw my amendment but will resubmit it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 5: In page 8, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:“(iii) an amount equal to that paid to regularised employees engaged in the same work in the same employment,”.I would like to hear the Minister's response.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: The problem is that the legislation only allows for the compensation awarded to be calculated based on the national minimum wage or on other minimum rates pursuant to the statute, which in this case means a registered employment agreement. The Minister has argued before that no worker in the State has a statutory guarantee to payment above these rates, and he is right. However, the rate...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 6: In page 10, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:“(14) A foreign national who has engaged in civil proceedings as referred to in section 2B may apply to the court for interim relief.”.I withdraw the amendment but will resubmit it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 7: In page 16, line 12, to delete “or civil partner” and substitute the following:“, civil partner, or the former spouse or civil partner where a separation has occurred during the period of employment in the State”.The legislation extends a work permit to spouses, in very limited circumstances, to encourage highly specialised workers to come...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 3: In page 7, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:"(a) that his or her contravention was as a result or a feature of exploitative work practices by the employer, or".I will resubmit the amendment in advance of Report Stage.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 4. In page 8, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:"(3) Where an employer referred to in section 2(1)(a) or, in the case of employment referred to in section 2(1)(b), a person referred to in section 2(1A)(a) or a contractor referred to in section 2(1A)(b) has not paid a foreign national to whom this section applies and where the foreign national institutes civil...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I am speaking to amendment No. 3, which is similar to the amendment tabled by Senator van Turnhout. I support both amendments. My arguments are in the same vein as those made by Senator van Turnhout. I pay tribute to Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, which has done extensive work in the preparation of the Bill, in lobbying all of us and in highlighting issues that have affected migrant workers...

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: Like Senator O'Brien, I want to hear what the Minister has to say. All this is about dealing with below-cost selling. It is the substance of our amendment and, I assume, amendment No. 23. Maybe the Minister does not feel it is necessary, and Senator Quinn has given his view on it. Any measures we can take that would prohibit below-cost selling should be welcomed because it is...

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 18: In page 86, line 30, after “undertakings” to insert “to be made within 30 days”.I assume the Minister has been lobbied many times with regard to prompt payments for suppliers. The issue for them is they must wait for a long time to get paid by retailers, be they larger multiples or smaller or medium-sized retailers. It is reasonable to...

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 19: In page 88, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:“(iii) to secure or retain shelf-space, to improve positioning, or to increase an allocation of shelf-space of the grocery goods or of the grocery goods undertaking, in the premises of the relevant grocery goods undertaking, (iv) in respect of requiring a supplier to obtain any goods or services from a...

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I do not seek to interfere with any company's accountancy arrangements. The Minister's response, that this could be a threat to foreign investment and big multiples, was similar to his response on this in the Dáil and Senator Darragh O'Brien touched on this area. I do not buy this as it favours secrecy over openness and transparency, which is what the Minister argued this Bill stood...

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: Senator Quinn did well out of it.

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 14: In page 86, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:“(2) A retailer defined as a relevant grocery goods undertaking must disclose the annual profits of its Irish outlets.”.This has been a contentious issue for some time. Large retailers such as Tesco do not make public the annual profits they generate in Irish outlets. This Bill gives us an...