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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: On our amendment, the circumstances are frustrating. It is a bit like talking to a residents’ group about a planning application in that what is in the planning application is what matters. What is in the legislation is what matters, not what the Minister of State said here or what the Tánaiste said, or what is said in any media interview about aspirations. If it is in the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I do not wish to prolong the debate unnecessarily because we have work to do. The Minister of State has just committed to a review of how this legislation will affect employers over time. Can I assume the same review will investigate how it is protecting the health of workers? Our conversation already feels imbalanced.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 3: In page 5, to delete lines 23 to 25 and substitute the following: “(2) An employee shall be entitled to up to and including 10 statutory sick leave days in a year, or such additional number of statutory sick leave days (if any) up to 30, as may stand specified from time to time by order of the Minister under section 6.”. I will withdraw the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 4: In page 5, to delete lines 30 to 32 and substitute the following: “(5) An employee’s entitlement to a statutory sick leave day shall commence from their first day of employment.”. We want to establish with this amendment that the employee's entitlement to sick leave commences from their first day of employment. The Bill as drafted will...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am happy to withdraw my amendment on the basis of the comments made by the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I support what Deputies O'Reilly and Paul Murphy said. This is a basic provision in employment law across Europe. The rhetoric from today's meeting is a little disappointing. I am referring to the onus on the employer. As Deputy O'Reilly quite rightly said, we have heard these arguments before in respect of wage increases, minimum wage increases, etc. Every employer group told us...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 16: In page 6, line 27, to delete "3" and substitute "10". I am withdrawing it on the basis I will engage with the Minister of State and the Department. Hopefully, when it comes to Report Stage, we will have a better Bill. I am withdrawing the amendment on that basis, in order to resubmit it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 18: In page 6, line 29, to delete "3" and substitute "10".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 19: In page 6, to delete lines 31 to 35. This amendment proposes to delete the following part of the Bill: (c) The Minister shall not make an order— (i) to which paragraph (a) applies, before the expiration of 12 months after the commencement of section 5, or (ii) to which paragraph (b) applies, before the expiration of 12 months after the commencement of...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I respectfully disagree.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: A reality of Irish life that people often forget is that we have a low-pay economy. A total of 23% of Irish workers are on low pay. We have the third highest proportion of low-paid workers in the OECD. People in Ireland are paid poorly. We do not have the same basic state provision of GP visit care as other European countries. The two elements that make the Irish context different are...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: They have free GP care.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We absolutely accept that this Bill will improve things. It should not be left unsaid that this is a welcome move by the Government. We are working constructively to try to improve it. However, it is a hell of a thing to worry about getting sick if you are in a low-paid job and you are genuinely terrified that you might be unwell because you cannot afford to be unwell and therefore you...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 21: In page 7, line 4, after “day” to insert “which shall be their full daily rate”. I will resubmit this amendment.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 23: In page 7, line 8, after “pay,” to insert “which shall be 100 per cent”. I will resubmit this amendment.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 24: In page 7, to delete lines 10 to 13. I will resubmit this amendment.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an issue facing blind leaving certificate students of Irish such as a person (details supplied) in which in the sraith pictúir section of the Irish oral exam blind students are being asked to learn off 100’s of paragraphs to describe pictures they cannot see; if her attention has been drawn to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 544. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a permanently employed psychiatrist in the Dublin north east HSE region; if not, the number of vacant posts; the number of psychiatrists that should be employed permanently; the length of time the region has been without a permanent psychiatrist; the efforts that are being made to ensure that the situation is rectified; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (5 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 2. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the changes she will make to the basic income for the arts pilot scheme to ensure that recipients of the disability pension will have their disability supports protected if successful in qualifying for the pilot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22099/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (5 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: In relation to the welcome basic income scheme for those in the arts, those in receipt of disability supports are concerned that if they avail of this scheme they will lose supports that are currently available to them. Will the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, shed some light on that for me?