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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: Good morning. I will start with an announcement about the public health arrangements. We will get to the witnesses' statements as quickly as we can. The proceedings of Oireachtas committees will be conducted without the requirement for social distancing with normal capacity in the committee rooms restored. However, the committees are encouraged to take a gradual approach to this change....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Hayes's time is up. The committee has taken his statement but I want to allow the representatives of SIPTU-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: If Mr. Hayes wants to make concluding remarks, that is okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. Hayes. I invite Mr. Denis Sheridan from SIPTU to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: I thank both our witnesses. I invite members to discuss the issue with the representatives here. I remind any members participating remotely to please use the raise hand function and more importantly, lower the hand when they are finished speaking. As we have a speaking rota, I will refer to that but we have time. If there is any issue that does not come up during the course of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: I thank Senator Ahearn and call on Deputy Bruton.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Sheridan, will you respond to that? Then I will call on Mr. Hayes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: Do Mr. Hayes or Ms McKeon wish to respond?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: You are referring specifically to the level of fine, are you, Mr. Hayes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: Do Mr. Sheridan or Mr. McCormack have a view on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: There is probably no need to name names or entities.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: That is fine then. I just want to be careful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: Would Mr. Sheridan like to comment, if that is okay with Senator Crowe?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: I have a quick question before Senator Sherlock comes in. The money has been mentioned and the current cap on awards here is €15,000. Is that right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: In other jurisdictions it can go up as far as €150,000. I will get to this at the end but perhaps the witnesses could reflect on it. We are going to have to look at what would act as a deterrent. I know the list of members is not published but it seems they have the capacity to absorb quite a lot. I wanted to put that in the heads of witnesses because I will ask the question at the end.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: Before we continue, I want to give Mr. Hayes the opportunity to withdraw the remark he made about the British Council.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: If Mr. Hayes could withdraw it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: If Mr. Hayes could just withdraw the remark, that would be great.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: Thank you. I call Deputy Paul Murphy who has seven minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: By way of comment, if $18 billion is 4% that is a heck of a lot of turnover. We will start the rota again. As there is no Sinn Féin speaker, the next slot is Fine Gael's if Deputies Bruton or Stanton wish to come in. I am conscious that they have already been in. However, they may like a second opportunity.