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Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: No.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I will call a quorum before I sit down.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Táim glan i gcoinne an Bhille seo. Is ionsaí mór é i gcoinne an gnáth duine, go háirithe duine ar phá íseal nó ar social welfare. Sinn Féin opposes this Bill and the people of Ireland have made clear they oppose it, by coming out on the streets in protest in their tens of thousands to say "No" to the unfair and unacceptable burden of...

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Gabh mo leithscéal. While much of the focus has been on water charges, this Bill presents major concerns for low paid people regarding their ability to maintain the most basic domestic services. With the increase of private companies involved in the provision of electricity, gas and refuse services, we will see this legislation being used aggressively against people who are struggling...

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: She did not have a dependant.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: The Deputy is referring to a single person.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: A white flag.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 1:In page 4, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:“(a) has due regard to Ireland’s human rights obligations to guarantee the right to just and favourable remuneration,”. Under this section, the commission is instructed by the legislation to make a recommendation to the Minister regarding the national minimum wage which has regard to a...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I do not disagree with the Minister of State in terms of workers' rights and he wants to see fair treatment there. However, there are certain things that we need to be very clear on in guaranteeing rights, which this amendment does. I will press this amendment.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 2:In page 4, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“10BA.The Commission in the performance of the functions assigned to it by section 10C shall forward recommendations to the Minister regarding low pay that—(a) reduces the incidence of low pay, (b) considers access to public services, (c) takes into account the standard of living, general wage...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I refer to my amendments. Will the grouped amendments be taken in sequence? I want to speak to a good number of them. We have moved on to a discussion of amendment No. 4.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: May I discuss them at random?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Amendment No. 4 does not make any sense, in my view. It would appear that it proposes a separate minimum hourly pay for young people and women. This is not a proposal we could support. We deal with income disparity between men and women in one of our amendments. I do not agree with separate provisions for men and women. I refer to amendment No. 3 which proposes to insert an hourly...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I will move on to amendment No. 5. This amendment proposes to insert provisions dealing with a wage share of national income, the role of wages as a source of demand and median earnings. When making a recommendation to the Minister, the commission must have regard to a number of factors which we believe are too heavily weighted towards a small number of macro-economic factors that are...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I have tabled a number of amendments. Amendment No. 7 seeks to insert economic inequality, the percentage of workers in the economy earning two-thirds or less of median income and the living wage as set for the relevant period. Nowhere in the legislation is the commission instructed to consider inequality or poverty when making a recommendation to the Minister. The legislation is too...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I will press it.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 3:In page 4, line 24, after "pay" to insert "and hourly living wage rate of pay".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 5:In page 4, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: "(a) wage share of national income, (b) the role of wages as a source of demand, (c) median earnings,".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 6:In page 5, before line 1, to insert the following: "(i) innovation in each sector has increased, decreased or remained stagnant within the current period,". Amendment put and declared lost.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 7:In page 5, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: "(e) economic inequality, (f) the percentage of workers in the economy earning two-thirds or less of median income, (g) the Living Wage as set for the relevant period,". Amendment put and declared lost.