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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: We learned last week about the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqla. The scenes from her funeral, including the attack on that funeral by the Israeli defence forces, are ones that few of us will ever forget. The killing and subsequent behaviour of the Israeli state must be called out and wholly condemned. It was a callous attack on media freedom and the right to mourn. I call...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: It is the first time in three years that summer festivals will be taking place. That is brilliant and badly needed for the music and arts sector. I want to refer to research recently undertaken by a group called FairPlé, which examined 16 folk and trad festivals dating back to 2018.Only a quarter of the performances at those festivals were by women performers, and that does not even...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (18 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. I welcome the Minister of State and thank her for coming to the House. A year, a week and a day ago, the Minister for Health announced that there would be 24 new lactation consultants appointed in 2022. My simple question to the Minister of State is: where are they? I must credit the wonderful campaigning group, Bainne Beatha, for alerting us to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (18 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State. Maybe I am of a simple mind but either the 24 posts have been recruited and filled or they have not. The Minister of State is saying 14.5 of the 24 posts have been allocated to community services but that is a budgetary allocation. Either the people are providing the service or they are not. Will the Minister of State take back to the Department that we need...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (18 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: That is the pre-2020 situation.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I wish to propose an amendment to the Order of Business. I must apologise that I did not provide advance notice. I seek leave to introduce No. 17 on the Order Paper, the National Minimum Wage (Payment of Interns) Bill 2022. I propose that this be taken before No. 1, if at all possible. Our Bill is effectively to ensure that all work is paid and that there is a level playing field for all...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Payment of Interns) Bill 2022: First Stage (19 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I move: That leave be given to introduce the National Minimum Wage (Payment of Interns) Bill 2022.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Payment of Interns) Bill 2022: First Stage (19 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Minister of State. I thank Senators Keogan and Mullen for the motion. As others have said, it is very timely. It is important that we talk through all of the options for our energy security. As others have also said, the existing energy crisis shines a light on our dependence on other countries. When we had fuel crises 1968 and 1973, nuclear energy was very much on the...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber. I very much welcome this Bill. As has already been alluded to, the Government is late in transposing the directive. The Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and Taoiseach carried out really good pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill, however. I understand that the Minister of State has signalled in the Dáil...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister for coming to the House for another round of debate. Amendment No. 123, which is in the grouping under discussion, aims to broaden the scope of the provision that the coimisiún would effectively ban the marketing of salts and sugars by adding infant milk formula. We are asking that this amendment would apply to all children and not just those who have digital...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I move amendment No. 105: In page 51, to delete lines 26 to 32 and substitute the following: “(4) (a) Nothing in subsection (2)(a) prevents a broadcaster from broadcasting, or a relevant media service provider from making available, party political programmes provided that an unfair preference is not given to any political party - (i) by a broadcaster, in the allocation of...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I move amendment No. 112: In page 52, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(ba) in relation to broadcasters only— (i) that the broadcast programme material, taken as a whole— (I) adequately reflects the participation, and (II) is responsive to the interests, of members of all groups (defined by reference to gender, sexual...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister for her reply. I very much hear her strong commitments on gender and in terms of music. I look forward to Report Stage, but there is an issue as to whether we are going to hardwire something like this into legislation or otherwise. Could the Minister clarify whether she intends bringing forward an amendment on Report Stage in this regard or if it is a question of a...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Okay.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I move amendment No. 123: In page 53, line 22, to delete "salts or sugars" and substitute the following: "salts, sugars or milk-based formulae (infant milks, follow-on milks, growing-up milks and toddler milks) aimed at infants and young children up to 36 months".

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Payment of Interns) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am very pleased to propose this Bill to ban unpaid internships. We are all a product of the circumstances in which we were born and grew up and we all have our own stories about the chances and opportunities we got in life to get us to where we are now. While many of us would like to think that merit alone has brought us to where we are,...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Payment of Interns) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State and Senators Crowe, Ahearn, Craughwell, Wall and Gavan for all their contributions this evening and for their support for the Bill. Senator Gavan touched on a wide range of issues regarding low pay and the living standards of workers in this country. This Bill is a drop in the ocean in terms of what needs to be done but it is an important one for what we...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Payment of Interns) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I am sure this sentiment has been expressed already, but people were rightly outraged by the scenes we saw occurring in Dublin Airport over the weekend and, indeed, earlier this year. The outrage stems from people having lost out on their holidays and missed flights. These could have been events they had planned for a long time. We must address the staffing issue at Dublin Airport. A...