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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Mr. King and all the witnesses for attending. It is proposed to suspend briefly to allow the next witnesses to take their seats. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I remind members, witnesses and those in the Visitors Gallery to ensure their mobile telephones are switched off for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment, even when in silent mode. I welcome, from the Small Firms Association, Ms Patricia Callan, director, and Mr. A.J. Noonan, chairman, who is the managing director of Rhonellen Developments. I draw...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I must interrupt Ms Callan, as I asked the witnesses to stick to a five-minute allocation. She would probably like to make other points and she can do that in the course of the engagement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Mr. Noonan, the Senator has to ask his questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: No tit for tat please. Could Senator Cullinane just pose his questions and then we will get the answers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Mr. Noonan, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I ask Senator Cullinane not to make personal remarks.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Senator Cullinane, please desist from making personal comments. Conclude your questioning and then we can invite Mr. Noonan and Ms Callan to respond. Please depersonalise your remarks.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Speak through the Chair, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: If there is any further information Ms Callan wishes to give us she may e-mail it to the clerk and it will be circulated to us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: The Senator knows-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Senator, we are here to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I would prefer if Senator White spoke in general terms.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Senator Cullinane, can we just-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Senator Cullinane, has the protection of the Chair, as always. I have asked Senator White not to refer to him specifically. She is not referring to him specifically; she is speaking in general terms.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Could Senator Cullinane allow Senator White to finish?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: It is clear that the relationship between the employer and the worker is symbiotic because without one, one will not have the other. What is the largest firm represented by the Small Firms Association?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: So the SFA would have everything from-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Is there a median number? Are there many companies with 50 employees?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the witnesses for coming here today to engage with the committee.