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Seanad: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: An Tuarascáil agus an Chéim Dheiridh - Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2019: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Is oth liom a rá go bhfuil leasú Uimh. 5 as ord.

Seanad: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: An Tuarascáil agus an Chéim Dheiridh - Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2019: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Tá baint idir leasuithe Uimh. 6 agus 7 agus is féidir iad a phlé le chéile.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I am conscious that the Finance Bill has spent many hours under consideration in the Dáil and will confine my remarks to a small number of specific issues. Senator Casey very eloquently talked about the need to fix the EWSS. Many of us across this Chamber have fielded calls from hoteliers, and from those who work in the night-time...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I join in Senator Maria Byrne's call for the full reinstatement of the employment wage subsidy scheme. It will be vital to business continuity because of the restrictions that have been reimposed on the night-life sector and the effect of restrictions in place on other sectors at this time. The main issue I wish to raise, however, is the revised mica scheme published on Tuesday. It is an...

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Health): Statements (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Health): Statements (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister very much for coming to the House. I join with Senators Malcolm Byrne and Gavan in condemning the protests outside every Government Minister's house, and in particular the Minister's own house. It is simply not acceptable in our democracy that the families of public representatives would be targeted in that way. I express that solidarity. As the Minister will know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I have a number of brief comments to make. I hugely welcome the giving of the legal effect of the sectoral employment order. It is a real vindication of the processes of the Labour Court. In particular, I want to pay tribute to the perseverance of Connect Trade Union in ensuring that this SEO was considered by the Labour Court, as well as that the Labour Court has now made its decision. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: It is all right, I do not require any response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Department officials, Ms Breathnach and Ms Mulready, for attending the committee today. I very much welcome this small but important item of legislation that will have a real benefit and impact on those workers who are facing into a redundancy situation in the next number of months and, obviously, a very difficult time. I am conscious that while the Department has responsibility...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Ms Breathnach for that response. I also thank the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank KBC for attending our hearing. Given that KBC is about to exit the market, my questions will primarily focus on its engagement with its workforce, its relationship with its workforce and the package it has put in place. I heard Mr. Blažek talk about the direct engagement model it has with its workers earlier. I am sure it works well but Mr. Blažek would say that. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Mr. Blažek has given his perspective. To me, it seems somewhat hypocritical given that as I understand, the bank has an international code of conduct that refers to the right of suppliers to the bank to be recognised for collective bargaining purposes, yet that inconsistency with regard to its treatment of its Irish staff remains. Mr. Blažek spoke about the results, which, of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: To be clear, is the bank going to respond to the correspondence it has received from the Workplace Relations Commission or the Labour Court or not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: The bank is refusing to engage with the industrial relations machinery of the State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: If a letter comes from the Labour Court, therefore, the bank is not going to engage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: We will look forward to that future engagement.

Seanad: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, for coming into the House. He has ten minutes.

Seanad: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth for coming to the Chamber. I also thank the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, for his presence earlier. When the Minister, Deputy McGrath, came before the Joint Committee on Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach last week, he made a number of comments, some of which I would like to pick up on. He highlighted that the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I also attended that very powerful meeting this morning. The mark of an employer is how well they pay and treat their workers. It is a stain on all of us here in this House, as employers, that our secretarial assistants are paid at the current rate. We cannot control their pay, but there are things that we can do to make sure it changes. Senator Gavan eloquently set out all the arguments....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: It is very clear that there is not. In 2018, SIPTU lodged the pay claim. In 2019, we had the motion in this House. It is now 2021 and there has still been no progress. We must figure this out right across the House. As Senator Gavan said, we cannot allow this Seanad's term to conclude and have secretarial assistants still being treated so shamefully by the Houses of the Oireachtas...