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- Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (24 Oct 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The recent budget was a missed opportunity on many fronts. There was no real attempt to address the issue of family farm incomes. The Minister will know from the Teagasc survey earlier this year that, excluding dairy, which was camouflaging great hardship, the average income for farming families is €20,000, which is well below the average wage. There is particular hardship in the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: At the end of his presentation Dr. Rigney challenged the employers on pay rates. I want to develop that point further. Does he have evidence, anecdotal or something better than it, of companies that would try to utilise work permits to keep wages low, rather than engaging with their existing workforce? I want to gain a better understanding of the matter. Does ICTU have evidence,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have a follow-up question. Dr. Rigney referenced recourse action. Does ICTU have recourse within the instruments of the State if it is given evidence that an employer has abused the work permit system to keep wages low within a company?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ICTU has received no evidence of such behaviour.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Mr. Donohoe, in his presentation, referenced the governance review of the apprenticeship training in Ireland and expressed frustration on behalf of some at the speed at which it happened. He referenced comparisons with other countries and how that is not particularly pertinent because of the cultural changes that need to happen here, but he and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Aeroplane mode here too.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There are gremlins.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate the witnesses were asked to give a ten-minute presentation so a lot of points had to be summarised but it would be helpful to develop this issue of the speed at which change is happening. It would be helpful for the committee if the witnesses were to follow up with a detailed submission on the legislative change that is required on the blockages they are encountering in the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That was a very helpful but alarming contribution from Ms Fitzpatrick, particularly in terms of the lost jobs and opportunities. She might make a supplementary submission to the committee on the specific problems IBEC has had and, with the agreement of the Chairman, we could then make representations to the Departments on this specific issue. I do not believe that addressing it can wait for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The witnesses better be quick.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is Deputy Humphreys missing anybody?
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is absolute nonsense.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a joint group involving the SDLP, Sinn Féin, the Green Party and the Alliance Party.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They have made a stand.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They are standing up for the rights of the people in the North.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Senator Humphreys is taking a sectarian approach.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: He is being nakedly sectarian.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is nakedly sectarian.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: God almighty.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate that comment.