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Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: 7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will revise the public service sick leave scheme in order that absence due to pregnancy-related illness is not counted as sick leave. [29515/14]

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: A new public service sick leave scheme was introduced earlier this year. The Minister had the power to change regulations under that scheme. This question relates specifically to the changes in the treatment of pregnancy-related sick leave which I believe is particularly discriminatory against women because a difficult pregnancy could see a woman eating up her entire allowance and, as a...

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I am glad that there will be a review which I take it will take place in March 2015. I appreciate that there are health and safety implications and that a pregnant woman can avail of extra entitlements. The problem arises in cases in which sick leave eats into a pregnant woman’s entitlements, but later on, when she is not pregnant, she cannot avail of sick leave because her...

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: It is okay to say that but they are very worried because of the reduced sick leave allowance. That example I quoted means that young woman’s entire sick leave has been eaten up through this pregnancy. She will not get that sick leave back because she had not used up her sick leave before that. For the next four years she will not be entitled to paid sick leave. That is the worry....

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: Will the Acting Chairman clarify the speaking arrangements?

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: Is it the same arrangement for each amendment?

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: Therefore, we have to deal with all of them in our initial contribution.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I would like to make a few general comments before referring to the amendments. I believe this is the final time Deputy Leo Varadkar will be present as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. I will be sorry because while I may not agree with any of his policies, the way in which he conducts himself and the competence of the Department and his handling of it has been impressive. From...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: No doubt, the Minister will move onwards to higher and better things. The legislation has been hugely important and stressful for many airport workers. It must be considered in the context of other issues and the backdrop to it, including the uncertainty and the vulnerability of people in facing their retirement years because of the mess that is the Irish airlines superannuation scheme,...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I appreciate the Minister's dealing with the draft national aviation policy, which is not on the agenda. I appreciate that he referred to it and is saying that where a route is in existence, that will not be open to non-EU or non-US carriers. Aer Lingus traditionally dealt with the Los Angeles route, so the Ethiopian development is worrying. The Minister said that the appeal mechanism...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: Why can it not be moved?

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: No. The question on amendment No. 3 was about deleting lines in section 34, as it stands, whereas amendment No. 4 proposes to change section 34 into something else. It could not have been moved if amendment No. 3 had been accepted but it is perfectly valid now.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: That would have been true if amendment No. 3 had been accepted but it was not accepted and the Minister's original section 34 stands. My motion seeks to amend his section 34 whereas the previous amendment sought to delete it in its entirety and that was not accepted.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I find that rather strange but I will bow to your superior knowledge.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I do not get it.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: The Minister has amendments later, as do we. Our amendment was to delete the section. The House disagreed with that, which is fine. Now, we have a valid right, I believe, to amend the Minister's original section, as does the Minister, and he will do so presently.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I am not hopeful that it will be carried and I had not intended pressing it to a vote but I am still unsure why the Minister can move an amendment to a section if we have agreed it but the Opposition cannot.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 16:In page 31, to delete line 33.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: This is a hugely important aspect of the Bill. Like Deputy Wallace, I previously had the privilege of being a witness on behalf of Margaretta D'Arcy and Niall Farrell in their court cases when they were brought before the courts for allegedly interfering with the proper use of Shannon Airport. This goes to the heart of what we are discussing here. It would be completely wrong to ignore the...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I am sorry, but is there a problem?