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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I want to get the witnesses' perspective on the software being used. To what extent are we seeing the software being developed in-house by organisations or contracted out to third party providers? That can give rise to a series of issues with three parties now involved in a workplace: employer, employee and the third party providing the service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: From the research, to what extent is the software being developed in-house versus the involvement of third parties?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: In the FSU's recommendations there are a series of calls regarding legislative change, I appreciate it is asking this committee to detail that in some ways. I want to tease that out. Ireland does not have a right to be recognised for collective bargaining purposes, and I want to be clear that this needs to change. The framework will change because of the EU directive. Obviously that in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I will pick up on the other legislative changes required. We spoke about how data protection is really important. Health and safety is perhaps an area of concern as well. Are there other legislative areas we need to look at here? I am thinking of, for instance, how this discussion touches on the growth of platform work. We have seen the enormous use of AI to facilitate the growth of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I too want to support Senator Gavan's call for a debate on the level of the national minimum wage. Yesterday in the Dáil, Labour Party Deputies brought forward a motion highlighting the appalling situation of children with additional needs being left to wait for years for an assessment of need. As we all know, getting an assessment is one thing but trying to access the services can be...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, for coming to the Chamber. I am asking my question today from a place of utter frustration. We are all only too aware that there is massive under-resourcing and understaffing in our disability and mental health services at the moment. The northside of Dublin has the longest waiting periods in the country for an initial assessment. It is second...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State. I do not doubt the bona fides of what he said in terms of his personal concern for this child. To be frank, however, the response we got today indicates a Department with its head in the clouds. The Department is reliant on a health system to generate reports, which simply is not capable of doing it the moment.There may be other parts of the country where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Department for being here. We are here because of the shameful situation we have seen in a number of companies, such as Debenhams, Clerys and others, over recent years. There is a degree of expectation with regard to this Bill both in respect of the information but also the position of employees. Last night, I was looking at the Company Law Review Group, CLRG, report on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Head 19 amends section 599 of the 2014 Act with regard to related companies. In terms of lowering the bar or test with regard to the consideration of related companies, how will that work in practice? In particular, I am thinking of unlimited companies or companies located abroad and the extent to which they will be recognised as a related company in the context of this process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: It is a welcome provision but I am thinking about the operation, especially in the context of an unlimited company and access to information. I do not know what power of discovery there is with regard to accessing the finances of an unlimited company either located here or, particularly, those located abroad. When we look at the likes of Vita Cortex and other companies over the years, it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: It is perhaps a conversation we need to continue with the Department in terms of setting out greater detail. It was mentioned that the Companies Act demands that, in return for the privilege of limited liability, directors act in good faith. Perhaps one of the bugbears or features of the Irish system is that we have, I think, either more than 2,000 or 4,000 unlimited companies operating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: On the composition of the employment law review group, there is no stipulation here as to the allocation of places. I suppose there would be a concern that if we are going to set it out in detail and put it on a statutory footing, it would be important that we allocate out the places. Why has that not been included in the heads of the Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: While the congress representative on the CLRG is well able to handle himself, there is a real issue with regard to the composition of that group. It is certainly something we would be concerned about in respect of the employment law review group, that there would be greater balance and representation. Effectively, we are talking about employees and employers here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Chair. I welcome Ms O'Shea and Dr. Conlon. We owe them both an enormous debt of gratitude for the work. We especially owe Ms O'Shea for the really comprehensive report she has produced. The insight provided into abortion care in Ireland is incredible. There is a proposal to waive the three-day waiting period or statutory period of reflection. It seems like an Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Would Ms O'Shea have a concern that if there were a right to waive the period, it could be inconsistently applied across GPs? She talked about the payment to GPs. We know there is a very real issue with trying to encourage and incentivise GPs to participate, for a whole variety of reasons. Is payment or cost an issue in conversations with GPs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: The WHO guidelines suggest there should be no gestation limit. Ms O'Shea recommended an extension of the 12-week limit. What does she have in mind? Would we not run into the same logistical difficulty, if I can call it that, with the operation of the limit if it was 14 weeks, 16 weeks or whatever? Does a new limit really need to be set down in legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Ms O'Shea talks very clearly in the report about the effective human rights violation, particularly in sections 9 and 11-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: My last question relates to the criminalisation of medical practitioners. We have this bizarre situation where those who are trying to implement the system of care have that spectre of criminal sanction hanging over them but those who obstruct or get in the way of providing care have, in Ms O'Shea's own words, acted with impunity. To be clear, do we not have legislation already that...