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Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 6: In page 3, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: "PART 1 PRELIMINARY AND GENERALShort title, collection citation and commencement 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022. (2) The Parental Leave Acts 1998 to 2019 and Part 2 may be cited together as the Parental Leave Acts 1998 to 2022. (3) This Act,...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 7: In page 3, line 17, to delete “In this Act” and substitute “In this Part”.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 8: In page 3, line 22, to delete “ “ ‘adopting parent’ ” and substitute the following: “ “ ‘Act of 2015’ means the Workplace Relations Act 2015; ‘adopting parent’ ”. These are technical amendments arising from the amendments being introduced. They rectify some drafting issues...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 9: In page 4, lines 2 and 3, to delete “section 13C(1)(a)” and substitute “section 13C(1)(b)(i)”. The amendment amends section 6 to insert a new section 13C into the Parental Leave Act. Section 13C sets out the obligations on the employer when considering a request for flexible working. The new section 13C revises the wording of the...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 10: In page 4, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “ ‘code of practice’ means any code of practice for the time being standing approved in accordance with Part 4of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022;”. These amendments introduce provisions for the development of statutory code of practice that...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The code of practice will be developed by the WRC. It is probably the best place to synthesise the views of employers and employees. It has a central understanding of the needs and legalities around the rights of workers.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, line 8, after “purpose” to insert “and other purposes”. I am pleased to be here to speak on Report Stage of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022. It is really important legislation that will allow us to implement two final elements of the work-life balance directive from the European Union. It...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I touched base with officials about that. Regarding who is entitled to leave for medical care purposes, section 5 of the Bill inserts a new section 13A into the Parental Leave Act to provide for an entitlement to five days of medical care leave for parents and carers. An employee can take the leave to care for a person of whom the employee is the relevant parent, the spouse or civil partner...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, line 9, to delete “entitle” and substitute “provide for the entitlement of”.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 3: In page 3, line 9, after “purposes” to insert “and domestic violence leave”.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 4: In page 3, line 10, after “purposes;” to insert “to provide for the entitlement of employees to request remote working arrangements;”.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 5: In page 3, lines 13 and 14, to delete all words from and including “and” in line 13 down to and including line 14 and substitute the following: “, the Adoption Act 2010, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014, the Workplace Relations Act 2015 and the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022; and to provide for related...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move: That it be an instruction to the Committee to which the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 may be recommitted in respect of certain amendments that, pursuant to Standing Order 187, the Committee has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill in order to make amendments to the quorum arrangements for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, my Department, or any other Department, is unable to publish any information that would identify any person as being an international protection applicant. This is a separate matter to the law dealing with data protection matters more generally.  My officials are legally obliged, under Section 26 of the International Protection Act 2015, to ensure that the identity of any...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 87 and 92 together. Deputy, my Department releases generic information such as age ranges and gender as these are traits common to people in the entire country. As such, they cannot be used to locate or identify a specific person. My officials are legally obliged, under Section 26 of the International Protection Act 2015, to ensure that the identity of any...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, it is not possible to provide the information sought due the commerically sensitive nature of procurement negotiations.  My Department cannot comment on plans for accommodation in any specific area pending the agreement of rates, terms and contracts with providers.  However, I can assure you that the Department considers all offers of accommodation from all areas of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The contract for the International Protection Accommodation Service centre in East Wall was signed on 17 November.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: In recent months, the number of people claiming international protection has increased significantly, with 12,453 applications to the end of November 2022, a 176% increase on the equivalent figures for 2019.  It is not clear if the increase in international protection arrivals is a once-off impact due to the pent-up demand after the Covid-19 pandemic, or a result of the war in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, my Department releases generic information such as age ranges and gender as these are traits common to people in the entire country. As such, they cannot be used to locate or identify a specific person. However, nationality is more specific and may identify a person as an International Protection (IP) applicant. In addition, the person making the application is doing so on the basis...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 387 and 388 together. Following engagement and in agreement with the Department of Health, the Ukraine Crisis Temporary Accommodation Team (UCTAT) will not engage in the procurement of any property that was registered as a nursing home with the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) on 1stSeptember 2022 or after that date.