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Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for attending. I also thank the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, for his support in recent weeks and months. There is a lot of positive news in the budget and I welcome the increased rates for core social protection schemes in particular. Similarly, the recruitment of additional special needs education teachers and assistants will surely be welcomed by all,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the Chairman. I will not require the full seven minutes at this juncture. I thank Ms McNamara for the detailed presentation and I thank the other officials for joining the meeting. As regards the gaps being closed by the legislation in the context of digital content and digital services, how significant an issue have these been in recent years? Has the lack of legislation in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Ms McNamara for the response. Following on from that, I am aware the Department carried out consultation on the Bill. The consultation closed to submissions at the end of June. Has the review of submissions been fully completed? If so, what sort of feedback arose from that consultation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Ollie Crowe: Overall, Ms McNamara would say the feedback from the consultation was very positive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I will leave it at that for the moment.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Oct 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I want to raise the issue of driver test delays. I appreciate it has been raised before in the House but it remains a significant issue with more than 100,000 people currently waiting for a test, according to the latest figures from the Road Safety Authority, RSA. I want acknowledge the Government has taken action by hiring additional testers and opening ten temporary testing centres but it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Four-Day Working Week: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Mr. O'Connor and Ms McElwee for their opening statements. I commend Ms Cox, who is from my constituency of Galway West and was a Senator for ten years, on her courage as director of one of the first companies in Ireland to implement the four-day week. It will not shock anyone who knows Ms Cox or her family members involved in the ICE Group that they are breaking new ground. I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Four-Day Working Week: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I agree with Ms Cox's comments regarding working within the resources of the company or the State, with each employee being given an option. That is the message. It could be set up on a Monday to Thursday or Tuesday to Friday basis, with productivity remaining the same or even increasing. That is a significant message for all companies. I have a number of concerns around this. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Four-Day Working Week: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Ms Cox for explaining the need to work within the company in order that employees will buy in, there will be a better work-life balance and there will be great rewards from that. It has to come that way. I raised this issue earlier but I will do so again in order that I am clear. If there are certain sectors or areas where this is not possible to implement, are there concerns...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2021)

Ollie Crowe: This morning I raise the issue of special exemption orders for bars and nightclubs across the country. Any licensed premises that seeks to open late currently has an additional payment of €410 per night, made up of €300 in court stamp duty and €110 in excise stamp duty. That is the total of €410. The figure does not include the cost of legal fees associated with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (29 Sep 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the officials, particularly Dr. Cahill, for their time and insight. I note that the briefing document for today's meeting refers to the need for regulations to be minimal in terms of burdens placed, particularly on SMEs, given their limited resources, which I think everyone would agree with. In addition, I note that the document states that many mainstream business ICT products are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (29 Sep 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Dr. Cahill. I am aware that there was consultation in 2019 whereby the Department sought submissions on updating the 2008 Act. Could he inform us about that consultation? How many submissions were there? To what extent were the submissions taken into account when drafting the Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (29 Sep 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Dr. Cahill for those detailed answers. I will leave it at that for now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the Minister for his detailed statement. Some of the most common criticisms of the trade deal I have read relate to the concerns about the ICS. However, unlike investor courts established elsewhere, CETA provides for a high level of transparency around the system. It also includes an article guaranteeing the right for countries to regulate public policies and I understand these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Ollie Crowe: Since the provisional application of CETA in 2017, Irish exports to Canada have increased by nearly 60%. It is pivotal that Canadian firms employ in excess of 15,000 people across Ireland. What is the Minister's view of the scope for further growth in exports and the number of Canadian firms that are here or could set up here?

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I will indeed. I welcome the Minister to the House and thank Senators Doherty and Currie. I want to support this Bill. As all Members of the House have said, it is far from the preferred way of reopening indoor hospitality. It is far from the ideal way of doing so. I compliment the Government which is doing an exceptional job. Vaccinations for another section of the youth, those aged 25...

Seanad: Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for his continued support and for his briefing on the legislation. I welcome this legislation, which is much needed and will play an important role in giving smaller companies an opportunity to survive as we emerge from this pandemic. We must ensure businesses have an opportunity to recover from the pandemic and that their long-term viability is not impacted by...

Seanad: Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2021: Second Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Ollie Crowe: My thanks to the Minister of State, Deputy English, for his detailed briefing. Like most Members I welcome the legislation. It will ensure proceedings and investigations before adjudication officers of the Workplace Relations Commission comply with constitutional requirements associated with the administration of justice and that hearings before the adjudication officers can resume in full....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 Jul 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for coming before Seanad Éireann this morning. As we are all aware, the hospitality sector has been hammered since March 2020. Having worked in the sector for over 20 years, I retain many close friends and colleagues within the sector. Many have contacted me since the Government's decision not to allow reopening on 5 July and most said...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 Jul 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for her detailed and excellent response. I wish to make a few points, and the Minister of State will know where I am coming from with regard to the frustration. The notion of the hospitality sector having to police who is coming into a premises to ensure that only vaccinated people do so is just not going to work. I do not see it working, to...