Results 601-620 of 1,637 for speaker:Marie Sherlock

Seanad: Social Welfare (Surviving Cohabitant’s Pension) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister and call on Senator Buttimer who has six minutes.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Surviving Cohabitant’s Pension) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Does Senator Flynn want to continue?

Seanad: Social Welfare (Surviving Cohabitant’s Pension) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Senator Flynn and call Senator McGahon.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Surviving Cohabitant’s Pension) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Okay, I will ask Senator Higgins to speak.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Surviving Cohabitant’s Pension) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I want to pay tribute to Johnny O'Meara and his three children, Jack, Thomas and Aoife. They have been through so much with the loss of their beloved Michelle. It took immense courage to take the judicial review on the refusal to grant Johnny the widower's pension. I also want to pay tribute to the work of Treoir, which is represented here this evening, and to those who have come forward...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank all the witnesses for attending today and sincerely apologise for missing their contributions. The Labour Party is very much opposed to the design of this levy. We put forward an alternative proposal for a levy on the profits of concrete block suppliers. Ms Hone makes the very powerful point that there is a double penalty here for those now facing the challenge of having to rebuild...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I wanted to ask the CIF as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: This question has come up already and I apologise for repeating it but it is important. Who pays this bill? We have an unmerciful mess on our hands between mica, pyrite and 100,000 apartments with fire safety defects across the country. The CIF says we have not seen proposals targeting those responsible for the defects. I am not sure we have heard proposals from the CIF as to how we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: We are all aware of the Statue of Limitations with regard to product defects liability. Would CIF be opposed to making directors of construction companies and building supplier companies liable? Phoenix companies are a huge characteristic of what goes on in the construction sector. It is a huge feature of what has happened in Donegal and across the country with regard to concrete supply,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Will the CIF resist it, as it is resisting this and has resisted many other measures?

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

Marie Sherlock: On behalf of the Labour Party group, I express heartfelt sympathies to Bridget Doody and her family on the passing of her brother. I will speak about the announcement yesterday that the Government's living wage plan has been agreed and approved by the Cabinet. What is the point of launching a plan to improve wages and then doing nothing about it? The Government says it wants to see an...

Seanad: Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (17 Nov 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I warmly welcome Second Stage of this Bill. I pay tribute to Senator Ardagh, Senator Buttimer and all those in the cross-party Oireachtas group on cancer. Today's Bill is about the right to be forgotten, specifically with regard to those who have endured a cancer diagnosis and treatment and have come through the other side. This Bill is about dragging our financial providers into an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Every November we mark the gender pay gap in Ireland and across other European countries. The reality is that in Ireland, women workers on average earn almost a quarter less compared with their male counterparts. The latest available data is for 2020. We know that women, on average, earned 22% less on an annual basis. This is not the hourly basis that one often hears quoted; this is...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I apologise in advance as I must leave this debate after making my contribution. We very much welcome the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022. All in this House are extremely conscious of the unacceptable situation that pertains to the insurance sector in this country. There is a very real problem with unaffordable premiums, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing the Technology Sector: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I am glad the Chair gave time for that contribution because it was really important. I will come back to the whole lifelong learning piece in a minute. I thank IDA Ireland and Technology Ireland for appearing before the committee this morning. I will direct my initial questions to IDA Ireland. Obviously, it has a very long and proud tradition of bringing foreign direct investment into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing the Technology Sector: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I am sorry to interrupt but I am asking about when they are here in Ireland. What I am really asking is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing the Technology Sector: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Marie Sherlock: -----whether the IDA's influence or relationship with the likes of the technology services companies is much weaker in contrast with the technology manufacturing companies. I am probably clumsily making a distinction between the two.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing the Technology Sector: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Marie Sherlock: To that issue of working with the companies, did Twitter or Meta benefit from any financial assistance from the IDA in deciding to locate in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing the Technology Sector: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Marie Sherlock: To be clear, Twitter and Meta did not receive any financial assistance in their decisions to locate here in Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing the Technology Sector: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I know but it is important. Have the broad spectrum of platform companies received financial assistance in their decisions to locate in this country?