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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: I am interested in hearing more about objective justification. According to Ms Bolger, what is currently in place works in practice. If an employee wants to have a contract which reflects the actual hours he or she is working, for this to be dealt with through the objective justification process, would the matter become one for the Workplace Relations Commission? My concern in this regard...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: One of the main concerns I have, which I think Deputy Cullinane shares, is the idea that someone would have a right to know in reasonable time what hours they would work from week to week, because that is where it causes huge economic insecurity and other problems for people in that sphere. I take on board the point about the translation but the idea that employers should have to notify what...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: I wish to raise the issue of bogus self-employment in the construction industry. In fairness, the Government has recognised that this is a huge issue and initiated an investigation. It has been estimated that 27,600 self-employed people work in the construction industry. These people are forced to operate as sole traders by unscrupulous employers and, as a result, lose out on sick pay,...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: -----Fianna Fáil will stand against trade unions tomorrow. They will stand against the trade union movement and against the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: Fianna Fáil will oppose the right of access Bill. As I did last week, I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to this House to discuss this important issue. Fianna Fáil has heard from all of the trade unions in this regard. I appeal to the party to talk to their colleagues and take the right stance by defending working people tomorrow and...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: Two in one.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: Two is one.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: I am wearing a blue shirt but that is it.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: And the Department.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: He is doing nothing.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: It is a departmental policy issue and the Department is not engaging.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: Let us hear more of the slogans.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: We are the second largest low-paid economy in the western world.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: Senator Buttimer did not mention that.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: A total of 300,000 people emigrated.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: I appreciate that.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: Opposition?

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: I also want to raise the issue of Bus Éireann. I know a number of colleagues have raised it yesterday and today. My concern is that people seem to be viewing it as an industrial relations issue, when in fact it is much bigger than that. Government policies are at the heart of the problems faced by Bus Éireann. An example is the Government policy not to give adequate public...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: It is not. The Leader does not understand it.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: It is happening.