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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (7 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing the funding to the Personal Insolvency Advisory Board by 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% in tabular form. [36853/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (7 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing the funding to the Health and Safety Authority by 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% in tabular form. [36854/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (7 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing the funding to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission by 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% in tabular form. [36856/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (7 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing the funding to the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority by10%, 15%, 20% and 25% in tabular form. [36857/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Low Pay Commission (7 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost increasing the funding to the Low Pay Commission by 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% in tabular form. [36858/22]

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: It is Government Members who are like the Muppets.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “(c) is paid with the intention that it is a gift from a customer to a server(s) intended for the benefit of the server and other employees;”. I apologise, because I do not have numbered amendments. I sincerely hope I am talking to the right one. This is the amendment that relates to...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Whether it is a big booking or a small booking, the people coming in are all paying for their service and the food. If one has a restaurant that has 30 seats, it is the same if those 30 seats are full by way of a group booking or 15 individuals picking up the phone and booking a table for two. The restaurant is getting the money, in any event. I do not accept that they have to put on more...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(c) made with the intention that it is a gift from a customer to a server(s) intended for the benefit of the server and other employees;”,”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I share the concerns of Deputies Paul Murphy and Catherine Murphy. I also have a further concern. The mechanism for redress is through the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, but that would not apply in the case of cash tips. I am sure we all do the same thing in restaurants. If we are tipping, we ask the people serving us if they get to keep the tip if it is in cash. They will say...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Perhaps the Tánaiste could explain the situation. The intention behind the Bill is to ensure people do not have their tips robbed from them. I get that. It is why we are all here. We accept it is a problem that needs to be dealt with. Not every case that comes before the WRC has a paper trail or includes absolute proof. Sometimes a union official will only have the evidence that...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 5: In page 6, line 18, after “by” where it secondly occurs to insert “means of monetary payment and/or”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: We need say this out loud. We are dealing with vulnerable workers, very often migrants and part-time workers, as the Tánaiste said, and people who do not have much power at the level of the workplace. Of course, the only way to increase that power is to join a union, get active in it and not wait around for legislation. The purposes of these amendments is to balance it in favour of...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 8: In page 6, line 21, after “by” where it secondly occurs to insert “means of monetary payment and/or”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 9: In page 6, line 23, after “by” to insert “means of monetary payment and/or”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 14: In page 7, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(h) a general principal that tips, gratuities, and service charges are especially valuable for low-paid workers.”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 15: In page 7, line 17, after “relates” to insert the following: “, including the share of tips, gratuities, and mandatory service chargers distributed by the employer to themselves”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 16: In page 7, line 31, to delete “consult” and substitute “reach agreement”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: We need to be clear that what we are talking about is money being robbed from people. The sanction on the employer should be stronger. I appreciate there is an opportunity to revisit it. I am not saying that it would be worth an employer's while to break the law in this regard. I do not think people necessarily set out to do that. However, in the past decade the WRC has recovered...