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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will pose a few questions of my own. I thank IBEC for the opening presentation and the more in-depth submission, which I found very readable and comprehensible. The format used was very helpful to me. I will touch on that last point regarding increasing labour market costs first. I have a degree of sympathy as there have been a lot of changes with regard to labour market costs. The...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I see the merit in it but wonder whether primary legislation is the place to address it. I do not know whether Mr. O'Brien has a view on that. It seems it may be a structure that could be put in place by means of regulation. Primary legislation has to stand a 20- or 30-year test. I do not know about naming a particular institution in that context.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I understand that point and the tensions that exist; however, in general, somebody going to end up in an occupational pension is probably in longer-term employment, whereas much of what we are trying to do in creating an auto-enrolment model is aimed at people who may be in more transitory employment. I have not drafted the Bill but believe that if you allow the six-month opt-out period, a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: A couple of submissions have suggested using Revenue rather than creating a central processing authority, CPA. This is not an area I understand particularly well, never having been an employer at the scale in question. Mr. O'Brien says employers are used to dealing with the Revenue Commissioners. I want to give him a chance to expand on that and why he believes a CPA model might be overly...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: If there is a good counterargument I have not heard it yet. It is something that we will have to look into.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: As no other member wants to contribute that concludes our public session on the matter. I thank the representatives from IBEC for their constructive and positive engagement with the committee. Go raibh maith agaibh go léir. I now propose that the committee go into private session to consider other business. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Business Committee agreed this yesterday.
- Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: First Stage (31 Jan 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body, to be known in the Irish language as an Coimisiún um Ghlúnta sa Todhchaí or in the English language as the Commission for Future Generations for the purpose of reporting to the Government in relation to the establishment of an Office of Ombudsman for Future...
- Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: First Stage (31 Jan 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."
- Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Very briefly.
- Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Amendments Nos. 4 and 15 to 19, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
- Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Minister will answer during his response.
- Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I remind the Deputy that we were on the second round.
- Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Seven minutes were on the clock but we were on the second round of two minutes each.
- Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: If you could finish.
- Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We had the first run-through of seven minutes-----
- Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: -----and when the Minister responded, we were on the second-----
- Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am informed you are entitled to seven minutes. It is no surprise that you know the rules better.
- Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I now proceed to put the question.