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Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I think we are in danger of losing our way on this a little. Sick pay is a very important instrument of public health. For employers who may struggle to pay even the modest amount of sick leave provided for in the Bill, which will increase further as time goes on, there is a benefit to them that I do not believe we are considering. When a sick person comes into the workplace and makes...

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: My amendment No. 5 is similar to amendment No. 4. I appreciate that the Government's amendment No. 7 is an effort to address our concerns on this issue, which the Tánaiste indicated previously that he would consider. What he has proposed is an advance and it certainly is welcome. It captures the situation of childcare workers, who adhere to a fixed pattern of work that includes a...

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome that and the clarification. The Minister is going to double-check it and that is fair enough. With regard to the service requirement for parental leave, parental leave is something that is planned. One does not wake up and suddenly find oneself with a child and eligibility for parental leave, or at least I hope not. Sick leave is different because it happens suddenly. The two...

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 5: In page 5, to delete lines 30 to 32 and substitute the following: “(5) An employee’s entitlement to a statutory sick leave day shall commence from their first day of employment.”. We have already discussed the amendment.

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, but what about amendment No. 10?

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I cannot catch a break.

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I have tabled a similar amendment regarding what should be considered. Of course, it is open to the Minister to consider a rake of things that may not be in the legislation, but we want to include "the state of society generally, the public interest and employee well-being” in what should be considered. On the inclusion of "employee" well-being, it is not a word I like. I prefer the...

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 12: In page 6, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(b) the state of society generally, the public interest and employee well-being;”.

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I agree. It makes me a bit nervy, given that previous Governments have reduced sick pay entitlements for civil and public servants. I am not going to get into it, but that was done and there were all the reasons in the world given for it. I think it was Deputy Howlin at the time who said it would improve productivity, but it did not. I am concerned, given there is form on this, that it...

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I have similar amendments. I agree with what an Teachta Paul Murphy has said. I want to include a reference to the need to have a GP certificate because it is a fact in this State, and I am not comparing us to every other country, that we do not have universal, free at the point of delivery access to GP care. It is not true to say the majority of low-paid workers have access to it. In...

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Very briefly, it is an awful pity that my amendment was not accepted, which would have phased in this requirement to present a medical certificate alongside the extension of the universal access to GP care.

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 22: In page 7, line 4, after “day” to insert “equivalent to their full daily rate of pay”.

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: This is very mean-spirited. The penalty was 20 weeks' remuneration, which was reasonable. This has to act as a deterrent. Remember, we are not here to deal with employers who do the right thing and good employers who already provide sick leave. We are here to deal with employers who do not and for whom the law will be required to ensure they do the right thing by their workers. The 20...

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I would be similarly interested to hear about that but, equally, the Tánaiste said this is directly linked to the number of sick leave days a person will get. It is three days in the first instance, which will rise to ten days all being well. Is it his intention this will increase incrementally or is it four weeks and that is it?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (19 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to an organisation’s research study (details supplied), which found that one third of hybrid workers struggle to disconnect. [25327/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (19 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the intervention he can make in the case in which recommendations by the third-party industrial relations machinery of the State are being ignored by State-funded, contracted organisations. [25328/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will use his position on the Council of Ministers of Trade to encourage the introduction of a TRIPS waiver on Covid-19 vaccines and technology. [25349/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (19 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on his Department’s working group on the determination of employment status; the persons or bodies that are the members of the group; the remit of same; and the expected date for completion of its work. [25346/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (19 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to minimise redundancies resulting from the pandemic, war in the Ukraine and spiralling inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25348/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (19 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views that non-adherence to Employment Regulation Orders are a problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25345/22]