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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: Permanent TSB (23 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Farrell. My last question relates to mortgage competition. We have a particular issue in this country with regard to competition in the mortgage market. PTSB launched a new product in February or March that allows customers to fix their mortgage for a term of four years at 2.25%. However, this is only available to new customers rather than the existing customer base. Some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: Permanent TSB (23 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Chairman. That is all from me.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Over the weekend we had yet another devastating blow for aviation. When will we see a comprehensive response from the Government? This has not come out of the blue. We have had disgraceful dithering on antigen testing, along with unacceptable uncertainty for a vital sector in this country. We need to see a comprehensive response from the Government. I also want to raise the mica crisis...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, is welcome to the Chamber. I am delighted that we are finally debating Second Stage of this Bill today. It has been a while coming. I pay tribute in particular to my colleague, Senator Bacik, who introduced legislation in this space four years ago. I wish to make two main comments about the Bill. The first is how important it is to understand the enormity...

Seanad: Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I very much welcome the opportunity to speak on this important legislation. As a Senator elected to the labour panel following nomination by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and as a former SIPTU official, I am conscious of the real impact that the Building Momentum wage agreement will have on workers across the public sector, particularly...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I warmly welcome this Bill and I thank Senator Ruane and the Civil Engagement Group for bringing it forward. The Labour Party is very happy to support this Bill. We have spoken a great deal in recent years about believing, listening to and supporting women but that talk is hollow unless we act and legislate to fight harassment and abuse with the powers available to us as legislators. I was...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Today is a very important day because the Government's national economic recovery plan has been published. It should be a good day. Yet, people woke up this morning to hear that a key plank of the plan is a phased cut to the PUP starting from next September. Thankfully, there will be thousands more people back to work by this September. Thousands more will face a very long and bleak...

Seanad: Civil Legal Aid (Exclusion of Value of Free or Partly Free Board) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (31 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Minister of State. I warmly welcome this Bill and acknowledge and pay tribute to the enormous work Senator Boylan undertook to bring it to this point. She has detailed the very many communications and efforts over the past year and longer to try to get the Government to move on this. I welcome the fact that the Government is now moving on it, albeit belatedly. Following on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank our guests, Transparency International and Mr. Mick Clifford. It has been a very informative session. I pay tribute to their enormous work over the years in this area. Some things they have said in both submissions are stark with regard to the delays in investigation, accountability as to who undertakes an investigation, and the issue of penalisation. My first question relates...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I would like to hear Transparency International’s perspective on that as well, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Devitt and Mr. Clifford for their responses. I would like to pick up on what they said with regard to experiences in other countries. We have the transposition of the EU directive later this year. Particularly on the detail of the Bill we will have to enact in this country, are there practices in other countries we can adopt here? Mr. Devitt spoke about the experience in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Mr. Devitt has answered some of it in terms of best practice from elsewhere. I have a question regarding the heads of the Bill we have now, particularly the reversal of the burden of proof in the context of the WRC. I am conscious Mr. Devitt has said it should not have to go to the WRC but, for the cases that do, it seems a positive development that the reversal of the burden of proof puts...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: With the Chair’s indulgence, I will ask a short question that requires a short answer. Is that okay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I was struck by Mr. Clifford saying in his submission in regard to the long delays in investigation that it was only when he shone a spotlight on it, brought it to public attention and wrote about the issue that the investigation was speedily conducted and concluded. In its research, has TI Ireland picked up on how long it takes to undertake investigations? When a protected disclosure goes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Power and Mr. Lyons for their submissions and contributions. They have painted an extremely worrying picture of the undersupply of insurance to the sector in which they are engaged and have described the real threat to the viability of practices and firms in the sector. There will also be a spillover effect to the wider construction sector and the possibility of delays if fire...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I am sorry, but can I just get one last question in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: It neatly follows on from what Mr. Lyons said. There is a reference in the document to the insurance scheme created by the UK Government on foot of the Grenfell Tower fire. Mr. Lyons mentioned that one of his colleagues referred to the concept of project insurance. Does he believe that the UK scheme is the answer or is project insurance the answer? I would like to get a better grasp of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the witnesses.

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

Marie Sherlock: We await the roadmap for the reopening of indoor hospitality to be announced today, and it will be very welcome to hear that announcement. I understand that the Government intends to publish a national economic recovery plan at the end of May or on 1 June, according to the Tánaiste's statements last week. In this national economic recovery plan it is absolutely crucial that we see very...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Reviews (24 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, to the House and thank him for coming here today. My question relates to the status of the review of the Company Law Review Group, CLRG, on the recommendations of the Cahill Duffy report on collective redundancies. What is the Government currently doing with the employment recommendations in the report? I do not need to tell the Minister of...