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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Mr. Light. Between February 2015, when, as we are aware, the Low Pay Commission was established, and July 2021, prices increased by 4.4%. In February 2015, the minimum wage was €8.65, as we are aware, and in July 2021 the commission recommended a minimum wage of €10.50 an hour, which, naturally, the Government agreed to. That was a 21% increase over the same period...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Ollie Crowe: May I clarify Mandate's view on the potential for a €14 minimum wage to create job losses? Is it Mandate's view that if a business cannot afford the rate, that business is not sustainable anyway? What exactly is the outlook? I am trying to understand whether Mandate looks at this solely from the perspective of the workers or whether it also looks at it through the wider economic lens.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I will leave it at that for the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the Tánaiste for his time. The Minister of State, Deputy Donohoe, advised during his budget 2023 speech that the reduced VAT rate of 9% for hospitality would be removed at the end of February as scheduled. It will then return to 13.5%, as we all know. Currently, businesses have a significant number of costs due to inflation and energy bills. Despite the substantial supports...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Okay. I thank the Tánaiste. He is kind of telling us that it is under review until February and we will take it from there, I hope. I move to the welcome measure that is the temporary business energy support scheme. It is needed by all businesses. The Tánaiste has spoken of the requirement for it to receive EU clearance due to state aid rules, and the legislation obviously...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Okay. The Tánaiste will be aware the Commission downgraded the north-west region, which includes Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Monaghan, to a "lagging region" last week. It had previously been demoted from "developed" to "a region in transition" in 2019. One would hope the Atlantic Technological University, ATU, now in its first year, will make an impact across...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the Tánaiste for his positive comments.

Seanad: Consumer Rights Bill 2022 - Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I welcome the Bill, which all Senators should acknowledge represents the greatest reform of consumer law in more than 40 years. It consolidates and updates existing legislation on the sale of goods and supply of services in order to ensure that our legislation is fit for purpose in the modern digital age. Consumers will have the same rights and...

Seanad: Consumer Rights Bill 2022 - Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Situation in Iran: Motion (11 Oct 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Coveney, to the Chamber and thank him for his time. The motion is aimed at expressing our solidarity with the people of Iran, particularly the women and girls who are fighting for basic human freedoms. Like all Members, I am sure, I have seen clips online of these women standing up for themselves and each other despite the great personal risk they are taking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Minimum Wage, Cost of Living and Low Pay Commission Report: Engagement with ICTU (12 Oct 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank our guests for their time. I did not receive their opening statement until after 9 a.m., which is not acceptable. Between February 2015, when the Low Pay Commission was established, and July 2021, prices increased by 4.4%. In February 2015, the minimum wage was €8.65 and in July 2021, the commission recommended a minimum wage of €10.50 an hour, which the Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Minimum Wage, Cost of Living and Low Pay Commission Report: Engagement with ICTU (12 Oct 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I appreciate that but I did not receive it on my system. Perhaps the Chair will check it out.

Seanad: Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I am surprised that the Leas-Chathaoirleach made it back.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I want to raise an issue which I have discussed in the House a number of times in the last couple of years.I refer to the problem of antisocial behaviour in Eyre Square in the heart of Galway city. This has been an ongoing issue during the last two years. Although there have been quieter periods in that time, the problem has never been effectively addressed or stamped out. This situation...

Seanad: Consumer Rights Bill: Report and Final Stages (26 Oct 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Now.

Seanad: Data Protection Act 2018: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Ollie Crowe: The position of Cathaoirleach is coming up in a few weeks. Perhaps the Acting Chairperson should put his name forward. He was running the House the last evening we were here and he was flying through the business of the House. I commend him on continuing to do that work. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. He has been here a number of times now. I thank him for his help and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (15 Nov 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, to the House. She is a fellow Galwegian who is often in the House and does great work for us. The issue I want to raise is the two new orthopaedic operating theatres in Merlin Park Hospital in Galway, which the Minister of State will be aware cost €10.5 million. They opened last June and were due to be fully operational shortly...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (15 Nov 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I sincerely thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for her response. What I like about her is that she gave her own response. Outside the written script, she calls it as she sees it. That is what the House heard. It is incomprehensible that on 9 January 2023 we will increase services by 60%. That will not happen. It is frustrating - I hear that in the Minister of State's voice as...