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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: I am asking a valid question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: With respect, the Minister of State has not. I am asking if he would accept that a definition of casual work is very important in terms of this legislation because otherwise unscrupulous employers could drive a coach and horses through it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: What legislation do we have at the moment that deals with it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: Name it for me, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: That is where the problems arise at the moment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: That is my point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: So could the Minister of State provide one in this legislation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: I accept that but I am asking the Minister of State, and it is a reasonable point, does he accept the importance of providing a definition in this legislation? To be fair, the Bill has some very good points.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: I worked in industrial relations for ten years prior to this job and I must tell the Minister of State that he is wrong about the definition. I do not want to fall out with him today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: I formally request, as part of this exchange of views, that the Minister of State gives consideration to the importance of including a definition of the casual work to protect the good points in the Bill.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: It needs to be tightly defined.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: We had a different approach in the Banded Hours Contract Bill. That is still my preference because the Minister of State made reference to casual work and exceptions in the heads of the Bill. I accept his point that people who come home for a wedding or a funeral should not have the same rights. I want a clear definition so that unscrupulous employers, which unfortunately exist, do not...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: That is harsh on John Terry.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: I second my colleague, Senator Ó Clochartaigh's motion to amend the Order of Business in regard to Údarás. I am loath to enter the debate on the Fine Gael leadership contest-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: -----but I have to say that the comments from both parties - I heard the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney echo his colleague this morning - in regard to curtailing the right to strike are concerning. This is not merely right-wing politics. This is far-right politics. I would remind the House that the right to strike is a fundamental human...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: Hospital trolleys.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: There is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: Deputy Varadkar is proposing it, as is Deputy Coveney.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: They have.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: Good.