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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, for coming to the Chamber. I am asking my question today from a place of utter frustration. We are all only too aware that there is massive under-resourcing and understaffing in our disability and mental health services at the moment. The northside of Dublin has the longest waiting periods in the country for an initial assessment. It is second...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State. I do not doubt the bona fides of what he said in terms of his personal concern for this child. To be frank, however, the response we got today indicates a Department with its head in the clouds. The Department is reliant on a health system to generate reports, which simply is not capable of doing it the moment.There may be other parts of the country where...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I too want to support Senator Gavan's call for a debate on the level of the national minimum wage. Yesterday in the Dáil, Labour Party Deputies brought forward a motion highlighting the appalling situation of children with additional needs being left to wait for years for an assessment of need. As we all know, getting an assessment is one thing but trying to access the services can be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Yesterday, The Wheel, the charities association of Ireland, held its conference. A key message from it was that section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations are on the brink of collapse. The issues, relating to recruitment and retention and the very significant disparity between the pay of the State and that of the various organisations, are not new and have been evident for years....

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I, too, thank the Fianna Fáil group and Senators Fitzpatrick, Ardagh and Clifford-Lee for bringing forward this motion. I also thank the 1916 Relatives Association for all its work in campaigning to ensure this fantastic new children's hospital will have the name it deserves. It will ensure we are looking to the past but also establishing our commitment to the future and what the new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the FSU and Dr. O'Sullivan for being here today. I commend the FSU on its work. I think back to 2020 and the unit's work on the right to switch off and disconnect, which set the agenda then and brings us on to this conversation today. We are all very aware that the use of technology is transforming the concept of the workplace. The FSU's recommendations are very clear on the need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I want to get the witnesses' perspective on the software being used. To what extent are we seeing the software being developed in-house by organisations or contracted out to third party providers? That can give rise to a series of issues with three parties now involved in a workplace: employer, employee and the third party providing the service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: From the research, to what extent is the software being developed in-house versus the involvement of third parties?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: In the FSU's recommendations there are a series of calls regarding legislative change, I appreciate it is asking this committee to detail that in some ways. I want to tease that out. Ireland does not have a right to be recognised for collective bargaining purposes, and I want to be clear that this needs to change. The framework will change because of the EU directive. Obviously that in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I will pick up on the other legislative changes required. We spoke about how data protection is really important. Health and safety is perhaps an area of concern as well. Are there other legislative areas we need to look at here? I am thinking of, for instance, how this discussion touches on the growth of platform work. We have seen the enormous use of AI to facilitate the growth of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Conservation (23 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State very much for coming to the Chamber today. I also offer a big welcome to all those present in the Gallery. There are three serious concerns with regard to the criteria for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, grant system for retrofitting and how they apply to thousands of older homes in Dublin and across the country. Houses constructed before...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Conservation (23 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for that detailed response. I welcome that there will be new guidance this September. A question arises about what will be offered through the one-stop shop – currently, it is only to a B2 standard – and the retrofitting community is wondering whether it is possible to bring some of the older houses to B2 or whether a lower standard would be...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Bertie Ahern, Former Taoiseach (23 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I very much welcome the former Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, to the House today in recognition of his enormous contribution to delivering the deal that was the Good Friday Agreement. I thank him for the account he has given on that process today. Much has been said over recent weeks and months about the agreement. While first and foremost the agreement was about being the instrument to end...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Chair for continuing these important hearings on disability and employment. They are very important. I thank our witnesses from the Open Doors Initiative and the NCBI. The NCBI talked about the shame of Ireland having the highest number of jobless disabled persons when compared with the whole of the EU. The other thing that stands out to me is that, when we look at potential...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: That is fine. I will contribute again in the second round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Ms Feeney mentioned EU procurement a few minutes ago. I do not know if it was with regard to the general EU procurement directives or is there a directive that makes specific reference to disability. I do not know whether she has the detail there, or we might pick it up afterwards, but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: There has been very poor transposition of the procurement directives in this country-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: -----so it is something I will certainly need to look into, but I thank Ms Feeney for that. I wish to pick up on the conversation earlier about the issue of hidden disability and the stigma and the issue surrounding disclosure or having to notify an employer. Perhaps Ms McDonagh might comment on the conversation about it being much harder to retrofit systems into a particular organisation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: That is the most critical point to us as legislators. In my head, I ask what the State can do to try to push that on and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Absolutely. As the largest employer in the country, of course it has to take that lead. From a legislative perspective as well, however, what pushes it and-----