Results 141-158 of 158 for speaker:Eoin Hayes

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I am conscious there are only about five minutes left. I will focus on Mr. McGeady. If we think about the EU functions and what the purpose of the EU was for so long, it was initially a trade union. Certain regulations came into that. It has been a Union that upholds human rights to some degree and it has had responsibility for capital markets. We are also seeing movement towards defence...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: Would anybody else like to come in on that?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how he would advise this Deputy to respond to persons about Government housing policy, especially to those who are older, over 50 and renting, with no prospect of owning a home. [27449/25]

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I am interested in getting a sense from the Minister and his Department about section 5(4) which states: (a) ... is objectively and reasonably justified by a legitimate aim by the employer, and (b) the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary. What specific examples are envisioned by the Minister and his Department in terms of the phrase "reasonably justified by a...

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: To be clear, this would not be defined in law anywhere else.

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: It would be at the discretion of the WRC or, if taken further, the courts.

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I must admit that I am fairly new to law making. Is it typical to introduce legislation where something this significant is not defined?

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: The Minister spoke about the constitutional rights of employers.

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: What are the constitutional rights of employers?

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I remain concerned. If a case goes to the WRC or the Judiciary, would the onus be on the employee to establish the violation of the legitimate aim or is it on the employer to defend that it is a legitimate aim?

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I will ask a hypothetical question. Let us say a business says that it believes that it is "a legitimate aim" for the business to have somebody of a certain age fronting the house, say, for example in a restaurant or hospitality industry. Could that be used a defence in this particular scenario? Could it be enforced?

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: Those are all my questions.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Ambassador of Denmark to Ireland (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I welcome the ambassador and his official. I thank them for coming in and making the time to do this. I also am honoured to have the other excellencies here today as well. I thank them for coming in. In these kinds of fora, the exchange of views is important and helpful. Sometimes, there are differing views on different things, but it is important to let us exchange those. From my...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Ambassador of Denmark to Ireland (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I wanted to come back on something in particular I spoke about earlier, but more related to the MFF and how the Danish Presidency of the EU will pursue that. I noted in his comments he discussed a fiscally responsible approach to the MFF. There is now an opportune turning point in Europe to talk about how we think about fiscal responsibility in this new chapter of global geopolitics and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I will raise dementia services in my constituency. Last week, I received a report that respite beds for those with Parkinson's disease and dementia in the Royal Hospital Donnybrook would be unavailable from August as funding was withdrawn by the HSE without warning in January. This has created significant distress for the families who rely on this service. The uncertainty regarding HSE...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I will raise dementia services in my constituency. Last week, I received a report that respite beds for those with Parkinson's disease and dementia in the Royal Hospital Donnybrook would be unavailable from August as funding was withdrawn by the HSE without warning in January. This has created significant distress for the families who rely on this service. The uncertainty regarding HSE...