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Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I support the call by Fianna Fáil for a debate on healthcare. We have called for that several times over the past few weeks. I also support the call for a debate on cuts to rural bus services, which is very topical at the moment because of a decision by Bus Éireann to cut almost 100 rural bus routes. Under the changes, 15 communities will be left with no direct services and many...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 95: In page 42, lines 31 to 33, to delete all words from and including "but" in line 31 down to and including "1977" in line 33.This amendment seeks to remove the proposed cap on re-engagement and reinstatement which was introduced by the Government. This is at the suggestion of ICTU who warn that the inclusion of the provision is a significant step backwards in...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 106: In page 47, after line 36, to insert the following:Safeguarding Employees “55. In addition to existing provisions in enactments that to safeguard workers from penalisation and victimisation, an employer or any person acting on behalf of an employer shall not penalise an employee for seeking to exercise or having exercised any entitlement under employment...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Clearly, it is not working.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Does the Minister believe that existing legislation sufficiently protects workers from exploitation or victimisation? He would not find a single trade union representative anywhere in the world who would agree with him after reading the legislation.There is a weight of evidence from those who take cases, from the volume of cases and from the nature of cases to a number of high profile...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: That is insufficient.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: If the Minister cannot do it here, where can he do it? Will he bring forward separate legislation?

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I am asking a question. I am not shouting at all.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: No. I will resubmit it on Report Stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. Coffey and Mr. Fielding and thank them for their contributions. We are looking to produce a document on low pay, decent work and a living wage. The starting point for all of us would be a fair economy offering decent pay and decent work. We also want to have a sustainable economy. I argue that a more sustainable economy is one which offers decent work and decent pay. A total...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Mr. Fielding opposed the minimum wage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Can I comment later?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Yes. I thank Mr. Coffey for his comments. I wish to return to the point made by Mr. Fielding about the responsibility of employers. People want employers to pay decent wages. We have, for example, some very large retail chains in this State that have been very profitable but do not pay their workers proper entitlements. Dunnes Stores is one example where Mandate has embarked on a campaign...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I asked Mr. Fielding about his social responsibility, not that of the State. I am aware of the State's responsibility.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: That is not happening across the economy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I thank Dr. Micheál Collins, Mr. Fergal O'Brien and Ms Maeve McElwee for their presentations which will be helpful in drafting the document that will consider low pay, in-work poverty and a living wage. There is a mountain of data showing there is a problem with low pay and deprivation and poverty among people who are working; not people who are unemployed. Dr. Collins provided the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Dr. Collins’s points about the sustainability of the State subsidising low pay and about in-work poverty came up in our last discussion. I would also like to hear Mr. O’Brien’s and Ms McElwee’s opinions on this matter. Most employers attempt to pay decent wages, but there are some big multiples in the retail sector which do not. They are profitable companies...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Jobs Data (19 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I thank the Cathaoirleach, Senator Reilly and the Minister of State for their co-operation. I tabled this matter to discuss with the Minister of State the jobs situation in Waterford and the south east. Specifically, I wanted the breakdown of the jobs created and lost in IDA and Enterprise Ireland companies in Waterford. Some progress has been made in recent years and a spotlight has been...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Jobs Data (19 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister for his response. It might be helpful if he would ask the enterprise agencies to forward a year-on-year breakdown from 2008 regarding jobs created and jobs lost. It would be more useful for assessing what progress has been made in recent years. The last time those figures were released was in 2013, so it would be interesting to see what advances were made last year....

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I was at the protest yesterday outside the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in support of all the community workers about which Senator Hayden spoke. She is correct regarding all the issues she raised. There are real concerns over the realignment process, the future of jobs in the sector and the erosion and undermining of the bottom-up approach to community...