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Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 16:In page 19, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:“Regulations 20. The Minister may by regulations provide for a mechanism to provide for representation by or on behalf of retired employees, including organised groups of retired employees, in relation to his, her or their pensions, deferred or otherwise.”.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the issues that attracted a great deal of attention in this House in recent months was the crisis at Kishoge Community College, which involved a State contract awarded to a private developer. Individuals working at that site were forced into subcontracting status and there was wholesale abuse of the relevant contracts tax, RCT, system. When those workers totted up their wages at the...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 13:In page 17, between lines 17 and 18, 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,...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 11:In page 16, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(a) trade union membership or activity,”.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: We often hear from the Government benches that all we on this side of the House are interested in is critique, giving out and populism, yet when we create solutions to problems or potential problems they are completely ignored, as was the case when I introduced legislation to pierce the corporate veil in this Chamber, which, in large part, would have resolved the experience of the Clerys...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 10:In page 16, line 29, after “not” to insert “blacklist,”.As the Minister is aware, there are major issues internationally regarding blacklisting. Large companies operating within Ireland have been identified as having been previously involved in blacklisting. The process of blacklisting is very dangerous and negative. Where an individual...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The problem is these piece of legislation are all is skewed. They all seek to take into consideration certain elements of the balance between the employee and employer and ignore and leave out the major issues of levels of pay and levels of underemployment in the economy. They take into consideration competitiveness but they do not look at the other side of the equation, which is the wages...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 8:In page 12, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:“(g) subsistence,”.We discussed this on Committee Stage. It is important to emphasise that there is no opposition from the contractors to the inclusion of this provision. It is consistent with existing practice in the construction sector in the payment of what is called country money, which is...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 9:In page 14, between lines 5 and 6, 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;”.Much of the focus of the debate has been on the fact that many workers are not getting a...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: In the case of Tara mines, the majority lies with those who have the interests of the company at heart, and who seek to reduce the exposure of the company. Notification in that process is really not worth a damn, because it just tells individuals what is going to happen. With amendment No. 24 as is, if we take a case of a Tara mines worker who is 20 years retired and who has had a pension...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The problem exists right across labour law that, if the law allows for companies to reduce exposure and costs and increase their profits, no matter what consultations or moral responsibilities may apply, those companies will employ individuals specifically to seek out the legal gaps to maximise their profit levels. Therefore, it is our responsibility in this Chamber to make sure those gaps do...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the amendments the Minister of State is discussing affect the issue of pensioners? Pensioners, for example the former Tara Mines workers, have already lost money through the pension levy and now, by way of section 50 of the Pensions Authority order, are losing a proportion of their funds. Will the amendments govern that issue?

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I concur with Deputy Calleary. There is a disastrous situation across the State regarding pensioners, and examples include Irish Airline Staff Superannuation, IASS, ESB Retired Staff Association and Tara Mines, which is close to my area. Section 50 supersedes the trustee deeds to which these workers signed up and in which they invested money over a long period of time. These people have no...

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Tacaíonn Sinn Féin leis an smaoineamh taobh thiar de An Coimisiún um Pá Íseal. Mar is eol do chách, tá géarchéim sa tír maidir le pá íseal agus daoine atá ag iarraidh a bheith ag obair go lán-aimseartha sa gheilleagar. Tá an géarchéim seo ag dul in olcas agus táimid ag bun an dréimire i...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Rates (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by introducing a new employers’ rate of Pay Related Social Insurance of 15.75% on the portion of salary paid in excess of €100,000 per annum. [25265/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Living Wage (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in her Department and the bodies under her aegis. [25359/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost to the Exchequer of introducing capital gains tax tapering relief for new companies who hold assets for eight years, to 15%. [25302/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by increasing the rate of capital gains tax from 33% to 40%. [25266/15]