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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Registration of Births (23 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. At this point, there is a very real and serious problem with families being able to register the births of their newborn babies and get a birth certificate for that child. A child born in Cork today will have a birth registered in two to three days. If that same child was born in Dublin the wait for an appointment for registration...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Registration of Births (23 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State. I am conscious that he is responding on behalf of the Minister for Social Protection. I thank her for the response. I originally submitted the matter to the Minister for Health but it was redirected to the Minister for Social Protection.I am glad to hear from the reply submitted by the Minister for Social Protection that this is a performance issue. Indeed,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I am passionate about improving breastfeeding supports in this country. I have been pleased to see that there has been an improvement in supports this year. That is very much due to the work of Bainne Beatha and Ciudiú, and is a result of this Government listening to women talk about the need to support those who want to breastfeed. I must put on the record that I am appalled at the...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I move amendment No. 1: In page In page 3, line 26, after “2021” to insert “may not occur in the period of 36 months from the commencement of that section and”. I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I broadly welcome the concept of this legislation, especially the acknowledgement that using the harmonised index of consumer prices, HICP, as the...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, lines 28 and 29, to delete “the relevant percentage” and substitute “2 per cent”.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I move amendment No. 5: In page 5, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: “(f) by the insertion of the following after subsection (5B): “(5C) A dispute between a landlord who seeks to rely on subsection (5) and a tenant as to the appropriate increase in rent following upon a substantial change in the nature of the accommodation provided under the tenancy may be...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I move amendment No. 6: In page 6, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “State deemed to be rent pressure zone 5. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 24BA: “24BB. With effect from the date section 10 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021 comes into operation and notwithstanding anything to...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I move amendment No. 8: In page 6, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(c) in the Table— (i) by deleting paragraph 3, and (ii) in paragraph 5, by substituting “, no reasonable measures can be taken to maintain the dwelling fit for human habitation during the refurbishment or renovation” for “in a way which requires the dwelling to be...

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

Marie Sherlock: I also attended that very powerful meeting this morning. The mark of an employer is how well they pay and treat their workers. It is a stain on all of us here in this House, as employers, that our secretarial assistants are paid at the current rate. We cannot control their pay, but there are things that we can do to make sure it changes. Senator Gavan eloquently set out all the arguments....

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

Marie Sherlock: It is very clear that there is not. In 2018, SIPTU lodged the pay claim. In 2019, we had the motion in this House. It is now 2021 and there has still been no progress. We must figure this out right across the House. As Senator Gavan said, we cannot allow this Seanad's term to conclude and have secretarial assistants still being treated so shamefully by the Houses of the Oireachtas...

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

Marie Sherlock: Hear, hear.

Seanad: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, for coming into the House. He has ten minutes.

Seanad: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth for coming to the Chamber. I also thank the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, for his presence earlier. When the Minister, Deputy McGrath, came before the Joint Committee on Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach last week, he made a number of comments, some of which I would like to pick up on. He highlighted that the...

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Health): Statements (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Health): Statements (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister very much for coming to the House. I join with Senators Malcolm Byrne and Gavan in condemning the protests outside every Government Minister's house, and in particular the Minister's own house. It is simply not acceptable in our democracy that the families of public representatives would be targeted in that way. I express that solidarity. As the Minister will know...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I join in Senator Maria Byrne's call for the full reinstatement of the employment wage subsidy scheme. It will be vital to business continuity because of the restrictions that have been reimposed on the night-life sector and the effect of restrictions in place on other sectors at this time. The main issue I wish to raise, however, is the revised mica scheme published on Tuesday. It is an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I have a number of brief comments to make. I hugely welcome the giving of the legal effect of the sectoral employment order. It is a real vindication of the processes of the Labour Court. In particular, I want to pay tribute to the perseverance of Connect Trade Union in ensuring that this SEO was considered by the Labour Court, as well as that the Labour Court has now made its decision. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: It is all right, I do not require any response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Department officials, Ms Breathnach and Ms Mulready, for attending the committee today. I very much welcome this small but important item of legislation that will have a real benefit and impact on those workers who are facing into a redundancy situation in the next number of months and, obviously, a very difficult time. I am conscious that while the Department has responsibility...