Results 3,901-3,920 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (12 Oct 2005)
Mary White: Yes, but this relates to section 7.
- Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (12 Oct 2005)
Mary White: The acceptance of this amendment involves the deletion of section 7. The amendment is designed to force an employer, without good reason and consensus, into information and consultation when it would be neither appropriate nor timely. This amendment, combined with those on employee representation, would mean that a trade union representing a tiny minority of employees could force an employer...
- Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (12 Oct 2005)
Mary White: I move amendment No. 4: In page 3, subsection (1), line 32, after "employment" to insert the following: "(excluding an individual supplied for the temporary use of an employer by an employment agency within the meaning of the Employment Agency Act 1971)".
- Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (12 Oct 2005)
Mary White: My experience is that a person who is recruited through an agency and who becomes a full contractual employee is different from somebody sent for a temporary period to a company. It does not make sense that temporary agency workers would be seen as employees of a company as it is the agency that is their employer. This is important.
- Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (12 Oct 2005)
Mary White: No, I want to see the change made. The word "employee" here could include an individual employed on a temporary basis for one or two weeks while the legal relationship is with the agency. The situation is different if the employer sets up a contract with a person who has been recruited through an agency. However, if a person is employed in a temporary position for just one or two weeks, the...
- Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (12 Oct 2005)
Mary White: I ask the Minister of State to reconsider this important matter in advance of Report Stage.
- Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (12 Oct 2005)
Mary White: We should give further consideration to this matter off-site. I accept the Minister of State's comments about a person who is employed under a two-year contract. It would not be sensible to give the same rights to a person who is employed under a one-month contract. I will not press the amendment. I ask the Minister of State to re-examine this complex matter.
- Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (12 Oct 2005)
Mary White: I will not press the amendment. I will discuss it with the Minister of State off-site.
- Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (12 Oct 2005)
Mary White: I am not walking away from it.
- Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (12 Oct 2005)
Mary White: Yes.
- Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (12 Oct 2005)
Mary White: My experience suggests that there is a need for clarity in legislation about the meaning of a "trade union" and an "undertaking". This amendment has been proposed because there is a need to fill the gaps in the Bill's definition section and make matters clearer.
- Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (12 Oct 2005)
Mary White: The Senator is speaking tongue in cheek.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Statements. (6 Oct 2005)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Corrib Gas Field: Statements. (6 Oct 2005)
Mary White: May I share time with Senator Paddy Burke?
- Seanad: Corrib Gas Field: Statements. (6 Oct 2005)
Mary White: It is only democratic that I should have the right to speak.
- Seanad: Corrib Gas Field: Statements. (6 Oct 2005)
Mary White: On a point of orderââ
- Seanad: Corrib Gas Field: Statements. (6 Oct 2005)
Mary White: If the Leas-Cathaoirleach, Senator Burke, were in the chair, he would be flexible.
- Seanad: Corrib Gas Field: Statements. (6 Oct 2005)
Mary White: This is a serious democratic issue.
- Seanad: Corrib Gas Field: Statements. (6 Oct 2005)
Mary White: If the Senator were in the chair he would let me speak.
- Seanad: Corrib Gas Field: Statements. (6 Oct 2005)
Mary White: I have been here for an hour and a half and I object to a system that does not allow somebody who has been here for that length of time to speak properly.