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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: It is a legal interpretation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: I welcome that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: That is why the definition of casual work is so important in the legislation that the Minister of State is proposing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: That is not what I am suggesting. I am suggesting there needs to be a definition.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: I am asking a valid question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: With respect, the Minister of State has not. I am asking if he would accept that a definition of casual work is very important in terms of this legislation because otherwise unscrupulous employers could drive a coach and horses through it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: What legislation do we have at the moment that deals with it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: Name it for me, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: That is where the problems arise at the moment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: That is my point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: So could the Minister of State provide one in this legislation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: I accept that but I am asking the Minister of State, and it is a reasonable point, does he accept the importance of providing a definition in this legislation? To be fair, the Bill has some very good points.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: I worked in industrial relations for ten years prior to this job and I must tell the Minister of State that he is wrong about the definition. I do not want to fall out with him today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: I formally request, as part of this exchange of views, that the Minister of State gives consideration to the importance of including a definition of the casual work to protect the good points in the Bill.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: It needs to be tightly defined.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: We had a different approach in the Banded Hours Contract Bill. That is still my preference because the Minister of State made reference to casual work and exceptions in the heads of the Bill. I accept his point that people who come home for a wedding or a funeral should not have the same rights. I want a clear definition so that unscrupulous employers, which unfortunately exist, do not...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: Last week there was an excellent presentation in the AV room by early years educators from Dublin, Cork and the rest of the country. It was well attended and it was disappointing to note that the only party not to send anyone was Fine Gael. Early years educators are in crisis and precarious work dominates, with temporary short-term contracts and rates of pay barely above or at the minimum...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: It is not unfair. Fine Gael was the only party not represented at the meeting. Members of the party were all too busy to attend.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: Flip flop.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: I want to raise the issue of the so-called welfare cheats campaign of the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Leo Varadkar. He made some outlandish claims that with this campaign, his Department will have made €500 million in savings so far. My colleague, Deputy Eoin Ó Broin, looked into this to discover the savings claimed were based on estimates of what would have been...