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Seanad: Central Bank Bill 2014: Second Stage (15 May 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the House. I would like to make a few brief points. As the Minister knows, Sinn Féin, like the other parties in the House, is supporting this legislation. I will refer briefly to some of our reservations, which have already been articulated by my colleagues in the Dáil. Other Senators have mentioned the two reasons for the introduction of the Bill. I...

Seanad: Youth Guarantee and Rent Supplement: Statements (28 May 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I thank the Minister for coming back to the House to discuss this issue, as she promised to do the last time she was here. The volume of contributions on the youth guarantee shows that it almost merits another day of discussion. Unfortunately, rent supplement is not getting the attention it deserves. I will raise some issues that young people have mentioned to me and some that arose at a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: My initial questions seek to tease out the figures for the costings, after which I will ask some general questions about Mr. McKeon's comments this afternoon. Tús and Gateway are very similar schemes, with Tús operating in the community sector and Gateway in the local authorities. The table the Department provided seems to indicate that spending on Gateway works out at...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 9: In page 88, line 34, to delete "privileges." and substitute the following:"privileges,in so much as such action does not undermine or take precedence above a person's right and entitlements as provided for in existing legislation or international treaties and agreements to which Ireland has signed up.".What struck me was the size of the explanatory memorandum. One...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his reply in which I think he ruled out any possibility of this section being referred to the Human Rights Commission for consideration as, in his opinion, to do so would not be proper or right. Will he confirm that he has ruled out referral of this section to the Human Rights Commission for assessment and recommendation? I do not propose to press the...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 30: In page 163, line 31, to delete "one, at least," and substitute "a majority".Amendments Nos. 30 to 33, inclusive, deal with the bond of €25,000 applying in circumstances where no director is resident in Ireland. In these circumstances it would fall back on the State to make the payment from the insolvency fund. The purpose of the amendments is to save the...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: Yes.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 31: In page 163, line 34, after "€25,000" to insert "or 4 per cent of turnover or the total wages paid, whichever is the greater".

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 32: In page 164, line 2, to delete "purpose" where it secondly occurs and substitute "purposes".

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 33: In page 164, line 6, after "accordingly)" to insert the following:"or in the case of unpaid remuneration the amount payable under the redundancy and insolvency schemes".

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 34: In page 166, line 28, after "on" to insert "and managed and controlled".The aim of this amendment is to provide further protection for employees. I would be interested in hearing the Minister of State's response.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: In light of what the Minister has said, we will not be pressing it.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 52: In page 230, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:“225. The Act of 1990 is amended by inserting the following in Part X:“205E. (1) In this section—‘amount of turnover’ and ‘balance sheet total’ have the same meanings as in section 8 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1986; ‘relevant obligations’,...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 61: In page 266, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following:“(d) a certificate of tax compliance,”.This amendment relates to an issue which arose in the context of a young man with a young family who set up a construction company and subcontracted work to a contractor. Over a period of seven or eight years he allowed the contractor to build up a level...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: On the basis of what the Minister of State said, I am not going to press the amendment. I will examine the position further and I may, perhaps, consider resubmitting the amendment on Report Stage.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 104: In page 488, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:"(5) Where a breach of employment law is committed by a body corporate or by a person acting on behalf of a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent, connivance or approval of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of, a person who, when the breach was...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: In light of what the Minister has said, I will withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: In recent weeks there has been much talk about the national finances and potential tax cuts in the upcoming budget. This morning the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, and the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, said the accounts looked positive so far. The IMF post-bailout review is to be released at 4 p.m. Will the Leader facilitate a debate on...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I also welcome the Minister. This is my first opportunity to congratulate her on her new role. She did good work in her previous portfolio and I welcome her appointment to her new one. Like Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin will oppose the legislation, as it did in the other House. When the merger of these bodies was originally proposed, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, now Tánaiste, described it...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Catherine McGuinness (19 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: Like previous speakers, I welcome our distinguished guest. It is great honour for the Seanad to have her here and to be able to discuss the issue with her. In my very limited time I will speak on direct provision, which is another example of the failure to protect some of the most vulnerable people in our society. Some academics and researchers have criticised it as the new apartheid, a...