Results 941-960 of 1,637 for speaker:Marie Sherlock

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the witnesses for attending and congratulate Ms Byron on her new role. I welcome a number of her comments about how inspections are not just about identifying breaches. Setting out the work programme is also to be welcomed. I wish to ask about the constraints within which the HSA operates. Ms Byron spoke about recruitment challenges and trying to access technical expertise. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Is it a matter of pay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Has the HSA considered revising inspectors’ pay scales?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: If there is a recognition that there are not enough resources available, then other mechanisms have to be found to improve the surveillance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: That is the whole point, having other forms of surveillance and eyes on the ground.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I am concerned about the fact that is data-driven, which is my background. If that is the case, it means being constantly behind because one has to wait for the data to be generated, as opposed to a real-time surveillance and monitoring situations on the ground.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Regarding the guidance document on exposure to sensitive content that was published in September. This is very welcome and it is great that the HSA is expanding its remit in this regard. The report notes that the government of Victoria in Australia plans to introduce regulations. Does Ms Byron see this document as the start of a process to regulate work that deals with sensitive content or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Would the legislation be called for by HSA board members or by the Government?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Having read the document, I welcome it. However, I am struck by the fact that it is aimed at those who occasionally have to interact with sensitive and harmful content as opposed to those who have to do so on a daily basis. There is a an urgent need for the HSA to develop additional content for those who deal with this on a daily basis as opposed to when it happens incidentally, in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Hopefully, those issues will be resolved soon. I welcome Ms Byron’s comments about a greater focus on smaller companies and organisations. That is important. Something that strikes me about the HSA is that it cannot be everywhere at all times. No matter how many inspectors it has in the field, it will not be able to capture every organisation. I agree with Ms Byron on the issue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I have one question picking up on remote work. We have seen a stabilisation of trends now in terms of the numbers, or are beginning to see one. I am open to correction but I think 2007 is when we had the last set of health and safety regulations with regard to working at home and remote work. We have the guidance document from the Health and Safety Authority that was just published in the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I raise the Supreme Court ruling of 23 October in the case of the Revenue Commissioners v. Karshan (Midlands) Ltd. t/a Domino's Pizza. This was a landmark judgment in the fight against bogus self-employment in Ireland. Across this country, many workers are forced into bogus self-employment arrangements in order for their employers to save on PRSI payments. It deprives workers of their...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I raise the issue of public service broadcasting. Finally, we have the strategic vision for RTÉ. There are probably lots more questions than answers in the 30-page document we got yesterday. What is clear is that we are going to have a much-reduced organisation over the next five years. Certainly, taking one in five workers out of RTÉ is going to have a drastic impact on content...

Seanad: Vacant and Derelict Buildings: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I second the motion. I thank the Minister of State for taking this motion. I thank my colleague, Senator Moynihan, for all the work she has done as housing spokesperson for our party, the Labour Party, particularly in fighting dereliction and vacancy. While we need homes built across this country, we also know that a mass amount of properties are being wasted and could be brought back into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the witnesses for coming here today. I want to ask first about goal 8.5, which relates to achieving full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value. Do the Department and the Minister really need a report from the Low Pay Commission and research from the ESRI to tell...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Dr. Coates is here talking about the sustainable development goals-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: -----and the concept of equal pay for equal work. Can the Department really stand over the ongoing situation, notwithstanding that there are reviews ongoing and talk about changes? Today, an 18 or 19-year-old is discriminated against in work purely based on age if they are in a minimum wage environment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: It is a blatant breach of the aspiration and the values set down within the sustainable development goals. I want to pick up on the question Deputy Bruton asked about the interdepartmental working group. I would like to hear a bit more about who is on the group and what exactly the outputs of the group are. I also have a concern about the approach of the Department towards those who have...