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Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Clearly, it is not working.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Does the Minister believe that existing legislation sufficiently protects workers from exploitation or victimisation? He would not find a single trade union representative anywhere in the world who would agree with him after reading the legislation.There is a weight of evidence from those who take cases, from the volume of cases and from the nature of cases to a number of high profile...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: That is insufficient.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: If the Minister cannot do it here, where can he do it? Will he bring forward separate legislation?

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I am asking a question. I am not shouting at all.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: No. I will resubmit it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 65(1) of Principal Act 2. Section 65(1) of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of “1 member, who is” for “3 members, all of whom are”.”.Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh had to leave for an engagement so I am dealing with this...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, in between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 82(1) of Principal Act 4. Section 82(1) is amended by the insertion of the following definition:“ “Independent Adjudicator” means a member of the judiciary chosen to adjudicate on disputes between the Ombudsman Commission and the Garda...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister of State for his advice but shall press the amendment.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 3: In page 3, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 96(4) of Principal Act 5. Section 96(4) of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution “and where a dispute occurs the matter shall be referred to the Independent Adjudicator” for “except in accordance with a direction of a Minister”.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 4: In page 3, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 96(5) of Principal Act 5. Section 96(5) of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of “Independent Adjudicator” for “Minister”.”.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 5: In page 3, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 96(6) of Principal Act 5. Section 96(6) of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of “Independent Adjudicator” for “Minister” in each place where it occurs.”.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 6: In page 4, line 18, to delete “subject to the consent of the Minister given”.I shall be brief because the amendment is somewhat related to the previous amendments. Given the Minister of State's previous contribution, I can hazard a guess that he will not accept the two amendments. The amendment is about the removal of the Minister having the power in...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 7: In page 4, to delete lines 29 to 31.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 8: In page 5, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“(2) The Ombudsman Commission may, if the investigation so requires, access the PULSE system.”.This issue has been discussed on Second and Committee Stages and the amendment recommends that access to the PULSE system by GSOC is given on a statutory footing and not by way of protocols. If I may...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 9: In page 5, line 37, to delete “as soon as practicable” and substitute “within 30 days”.I will be brief. Sinn Féin has concerns that the Garda sometimes can cause undue delays in the granting of information or data to GSOC investigators. The amendment proposes to replace the words "as soon as practicable" with "within 30 days". Its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)

David Cullinane: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. Representatives of a number of employer organisations appeared before the committee last week, so this is our second set of hearings on this issue. Obviously, we are examining low pay and a living wage, as well as income and economic inequality across the economy. There is a clear conflict between what the employer...