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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: When does the Minister of State envisage he will have those employment law amendments. On 4 November, Nessa Cahill made it clear that the implementation of the recommendations of the Duffy Cahill report can be exclusively undertaken within the employment law sphere. I want to get a clear timeline from the Minister of State on when the amendments to the legislation will come before the Houses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: Do we have a clear time schedule or not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: I will ask about that in a moment. I want to understand where we are with the employment law changes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: To be clear, this committee can expect to get a set of recommendations from the Department in December.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: No, this is important in terms of there being a sense of urgency, or otherwise, about this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: To be clear, the report's recommendations go beyond that. The Minister of State indicated earlier that the State cannot create a system where one worker is treated more favourably than another and spoke about the desirability of having a register of collective agreements. Is it desirable that workers be able to access collective agreements?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: I am asking about the desire that workers should be able to access a collective agreement. Ireland stands apart from many other countries in not recognising the right of workers to engage in collective bargaining.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: No. They have the right to be benchmarked against other workers. Workers in Ireland do not have the right to be recognised for collective bargaining purposes. I take on board the Minister of State's point that it is desirable for workers to have access to collective agreements.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: When will we see the recommendations from the Minister of State's various discussions and reviews? There is also an issue with the timeline for bringing legislation through the Houses. I want to better understand the context in which the Minister of State is undertaking the review. There is a commitment to this in the programme for Government. He spoke a great deal about the exceptional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State. I wish to be very clear that the authors of the report have said that the company law provisions are not being optimally used but there are gaps in the sphere of employment law.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: They are related, but they are very distinct and separate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Credit Union Restructuring Board (Dissolution) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Minister of State. This is an important piece of legislation. The restructuring board was set up to undertake a very important and arduous piece of work in terms of consolidating and restructuring the credit union sector in this country. It is a very important sector in terms of allowing access to borrowing for so many within communities who would otherwise not have that...

Seanad: Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: This is a very important Bill. I welcome, in particular, the amendment to the Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act, which is both necessary and timely and the Labour Party will be supporting it. I also welcome the amendment to the Credit Union Act. It is important to put the ability of credit unions to hold their AGM online on a permanent footing and I would encourage all of them to do...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: I support the call by Senator Gavan for a debate on the childcare sector. I also support the call by Senator Chambers to ask the Tanáiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to come into the Chamber to talk about the groundbreaking judgment in the UK High Court last Friday because there is a long-standing issue with regard to the rights of self-employed persons and gig...

Seanad: Political Donations: Motion (11 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: There is a certain irony in the fact that at the end of last week, Fine Gael Senators had a motion on the Order Paper on the issue of young people. As this House knows, young people are enduring an incredibly tough time. There is an unemployment rate of 20%. We do not have the safety valve of emigration and there are fewer opportunities to engage in activities, socialise or meet friends....

Seanad: Data Protection Regulations: Motion (6 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for bringing this before the House. We very much welcome the regulations as necessary. We understand the reason the motion has been brought forward today is because of a very technical ground relating to a formatting error, but this should not stop us from commenting on the purpose and implementation of the regulations. As was so eloquently articulated by...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (5 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House today to respond to my questions. My Commencement matter is on Clonturk Community College, a new secondary school in Dublin 11. The school has enjoyed phenomenal success since it was established a short number of years ago, where demand far exceeds supply and there has been a large expansion in the number of places offered by the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (5 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. In response, I should point out that Clonturk Community College has proven that it will be a 1,000-student school. There is no question over the future growth of the school or whether it will reach those enrolment figures. Based on its current numbers and the excess of demand over supply of places, it is very clear that this school...

Seanad: Ábhair Ghnó an tSeanaid - Matters on the Business of the Seanad (5 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: I acknowledge yesterday's announcement of the Government's intention to undertake a review of company law as it relates to redundancies and insolvencies. I ask the Leader to arrange a debate with the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation on the legislative requirements associated with redundancies and liquidations. It is important that we contribute to that review. It is...