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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I have a quick question before Senator Sherlock comes in. The money has been mentioned and the current cap on awards here is €15,000. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: In other jurisdictions it can go up as far as €150,000. I will get to this at the end but perhaps the witnesses could reflect on it. We are going to have to look at what would act as a deterrent. I know the list of members is not published but it seems they have the capacity to absorb quite a lot. I wanted to put that in the heads of witnesses because I will ask the question at the end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Before we continue, I want to give Mr. Hayes the opportunity to withdraw the remark he made about the British Council.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: If Mr. Hayes could withdraw it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: If Mr. Hayes could just withdraw the remark, that would be great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Thank you. I call Deputy Paul Murphy who has seven minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: By way of comment, if $18 billion is 4% that is a heck of a lot of turnover. We will start the rota again. As there is no Sinn Féin speaker, the next slot is Fine Gael's if Deputies Bruton or Stanton wish to come in. I am conscious that they have already been in. However, they may like a second opportunity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Deputies. We did indeed. Fianna Fáil is next on my list.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Does Deputy O'Connor want to give Mr. Sheridan a chance to respond on behalf of SIPTU?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Sheridan has said in his submission that the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996 was recast in the legislation in 2011. At what stage in 2011 was the legislation brought through? What happened in the interim to bring us to where we are? We started in the wrong place with the legislation in 2011. Why was this matter not addressed and debated at the time,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Did SIPTU lobby in 2011 for the requisite changes to be made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Sheridan made reference to a meeting that some people did not attend. The people who were invited and who did not attend are not here to give their reasons, and they may be very good ones. I am sure it was not Mr. Sheridan’s intention to say anything else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I have a couple of questions. Section 4 of SIPTU’s submission states it has established that cases currently heard in the District Court carry a maximum fine of €1,500. In that regard, Mr. Hayes mentioned figures of between €15,000 and €50,000. Obviously, I made the observation that he is here not as a representative, as he has said, but in some, way, shape or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: In the District Court.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. Hayes. With regard to your own organisations and the Brussels European Employee Relations Group, BEERG, what is the position regarding union recognition there? I am aware that you have said you are not a representative as such but you are part of a group when you are here to speak in some capacity as a representative. Do those companies that Mr. Hayes speaks of, with whom he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Is that all of them, some of them, or most of them? Is it in every jurisdiction or only where-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sure Mr. Hayes will accept there is a view that the EWCs are used in some instances as a mechanism by which to bypass trade unions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: They are not always. That is an issue. This is not the case with your own organisation, which works with companies that recognise unions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: With regard to the EWCs that are currently here, is it Mr. Hayes's position that they may leave if we do not change the law? Reference was made to the fact that Ireland is English-speaking and that this would be attractive to those companies who are leaving Britain because of Brexit. What if we do not change the law and we simply come out at the end of this process and see there is no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: My question related to whether or not they would leave if it was not fixed.