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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...

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

Marie Sherlock: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank ICTU and IBEC for attending. As I said at the previous meeting, I am relieved and frustrated in equal measure that we are eventually having the pre-legislative scrutiny of this important proposed legislation. Enormous credit goes to ICTU and to my union, SIPTU, in terms of putting this issue very much on the map some 12 months ago. My big regret, perhaps, is that it has taken until...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I will be brief and will come back in during the second round of questioning, when I will ask questions of the congress. I want to finish with IBEC. I will turn to the issue of financial sustainability, which is, of course, something we must look at. Ms McElwee said in her opening statement that it would be financially unsustainable for a worker to take three days' sick leave at the end of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Chair. I direct my questions to Dr. Bambrick of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, this time. I was glad the interaction between Senator Ahearn and Dr. Bambrick on clarifying who is entitled to a medical card and GP card took place. It was really useful. Officials from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment made a number of comments two weeks ago that were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Another very important point was made. A discussion took place earlier on the 70% replacement rate. Of course, for a minimum wage worker working a full day at €56 per day of gross income, one day's wages is not even sufficient to pay for a GP visit. Of course, there is a need to have a floor or certainly a minimum guaranteed entitlement. Dr. Bambrick talked about the importance of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: At the start of her submission to the committee, Ms McElwee indicated that IBEC intends to provide the Department with a more detailed submission setting out the views of its members. I would like to understand a little more about the timing of that. I am conscious that there was a quick turnaround between the invitation to appear before the committee and our guests' appearance. I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Registration of Births (23 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. At this point, there is a very real and serious problem with families being able to register the births of their newborn babies and get a birth certificate for that child. A child born in Cork today will have a birth registered in two to three days. If that same child was born in Dublin the wait for an appointment for registration...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Registration of Births (23 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State. I am conscious that he is responding on behalf of the Minister for Social Protection. I thank her for the response. I originally submitted the matter to the Minister for Health but it was redirected to the Minister for Social Protection.I am glad to hear from the reply submitted by the Minister for Social Protection that this is a performance issue. Indeed,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I am passionate about improving breastfeeding supports in this country. I have been pleased to see that there has been an improvement in supports this year. That is very much due to the work of Bainne Beatha and Ciudiú, and is a result of this Government listening to women talk about the need to support those who want to breastfeed. I must put on the record that I am appalled at the...