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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (15 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State for his time. I also thank the Senators.

Seanad: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. He is becoming a regular visitor. I believe he will be back again next week. This is another piece of the insurance reform jigsaw that is being put in place. It is good to see that there have been no amendments and that the Dáil has more or less recognised it for what it is doing and has accepted that. However, we still have a long way...

Seanad: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: Now.

Seanad: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: Now.

Seanad: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: Now.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: Motion to Recommit (23 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: I ask the Acting Leader to move that the Bill be recommitted in respect of amendments Nos. 3, 4, 9 and 10.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. For the information of Members, please note that the House, by agreeing to the motion to recommit, allows a Committee Stage style discussion on the amendments Nos. 3, 4, 9 and 10, that is, Members may speak more than once on each amendment. In respect of other amendments, I remind Senators that on Report Stage a Senator may speak only once,...

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: Amendments Nos. 3, 4, 9 and 10 arise out of committee proceedings. They are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: Senator Cummins wants to come back in as this is a recommittal.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: Amendment No. 6 has been ruled out of order.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: Amendment No. 8 has been ruled out of order.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: Pursuant to Standing Order 154, it is reported that the committee has amended the Title to the Bill.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: When is it proposed to take next Stage?

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: When is it proposed to take Fifth Stage?

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: Senator Aisling Dolan has eight minutes.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: Members, please behave.

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: I contributed to the debate on Second Stage. I grew up and spent all my life in this industry. I have been an employee and an employer; I have been on both sides of the fence in respect of the matter to which the Bill relates. I have seen the distribution of tips in many forms, guises and modules in many hotels and restaurants. Some tips are divided equally and some are divided unequally....

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: I will focus on the point on cash tips and I will speak from a practical point of view. It is almost impossible for an employer to regulate them. I have been on both sides of this. I have been through many schemes in many establishments. There have been schemes to pool tips and distribute them throughout the services or pool and distribute them among the waiting staff only, and there have...