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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: I suppose the same could be said in response to the Irish Hotels Federation submission. If we are looking at giving out permits we would need to be confident that the pay would be sufficient for people to live on. In the hospitality sector, we would need to be confident that people who would come here on a work permit would be given sufficient hours instead of these zero-hour or six hour a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: Given that the witnesses have flagged up the fact about the low-skill workers, the reality on the ground is that a substantial part of the reason people are not taking up those jobs is the low pay and the lack of a guarantee of sufficient hours to get by. That is the reality.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: I was just flagging up that IBEC itself had raised the fact that the legislation does not make provision for low-skilled workers. It is an ongoing, continuous shortage. Do we need to have a conversation about low pay in the State rather than lobbying for permits to bring workers in? Is that the conversation we need to have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: On the seasonal work visas, ICTU flagged up alignment with mainland European standards and that there should be a widespread review of all aspects. Dr. Rigney also stated there are other areas in which we fall behind other EU countries. Dr. Rigney referred to redundancy rights and the right to collective bargaining. What are the other areas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: Are redundancy rights and the right to collective bargaining the two main issues or are there other aspects of Irish labour law that need to be addressed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: The International Transport Workers Federation put forward a position on the current system. In cases where a visa is tied to a particular employer, it can in many cases leave the workers in an exploitive situation. As way of rectifying that, what does ICTU think of sectoral permits as a solution? The Migrants Rights Centre showed that 80% of exploitation cases involved migrant workers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: I asked IBEC about low-skilled workers or areas of employment and am interested in Dr. Rigney's opinion on it. Does he believe that poor standards in these sectors lead to the difficulty in filling positions? Is he of the opinion that minimum hour contracts, low pay and so on, which mean that people cannot be guaranteed a living wage or a wage sufficient to survive week to week, are a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: We all know of students who are unsure from week to week. They certainly would not get a decent wage if they are guaranteed four hours on one day, five hours another day and so on. That is still ongoing to a significant extent, where a person does not get 39 hours or a wage for that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: I want to raise the case of Hannah Donnelly from Drogheda again. She has been in hospital since March 2017. In March 2018, medical opinion stated that the best place for her was at home. For the past 19 months, Hannah Donnelly has lain on a hospital bed waiting for a home care support package. Hannah is 18 years of age. She was at home for a few hours last week and was heartbroken that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: I would like the Taoiseach to look at the picture of Hannah I have to hand. She is 18 years of age. Can the Taoiseach tell me when she will get her discharge date and when will she get her home support package?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: I know it is not a question but it is also not custom to have an 18 year old child lying in a hospital bed for 19 months waiting on a home care package.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: It is not good enough. It is inhumane and cruel.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: When will Hannah's family get a home care package? When will she get her discharge date?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: I have raised it three times.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: It is the Government's policy that is denying Hannah a home care package.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Search and Rescue Service Provision (27 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the voluntary river rescue in view of the fact that the Coast Guard has been stood down; if the river rescue will now be the first port of call of An Garda Síochána in the event of a marine casualty situation or emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49259/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: Shame on the Tánaiste.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: I was flicking through the report that we received at 8.27 this morning, at the 11th hour, to say the least. On page 7 in the report, in the last paragraph, Mr. Finnegan states that: "I was advised that the estimated cost was €230,000", but he does not say when he was advised of that. Did he know about this when he was before the committee on 11 July? In the next sentence, Mr....

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: IDA Ireland Jobs Data (3 Dec 2019)

Imelda Munster: 40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken to ensure that jobs created here by client companies of IDA Ireland are of decent quality and offer decent pay and conditions; if her Department maintains records regarding the pay scales relating to jobs offered by IDA Ireland companies; if not, whether she will consider same; and if she will make a statement...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: IDA Ireland Jobs Data (3 Dec 2019)

Imelda Munster: I want to ask the Minister about the steps she has taken to ensure that jobs created here by client companies of IDA Ireland are of decent quality and offer decent pay and conditions. I also want to ask if her Department maintains records on pay scales relating to such jobs and, if not, whether she will consider ensuring that it does so in the future.