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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023)

Marie Sherlock: ...applied. I want to understand a little more about the banks' policy on the write-down process, particularly AIB's own write-down process, and then the personal insolvency process. Some people feel they are forced to go down the personal insolvency route and then others are offered a write-down by the bank. We can see the benefits for both the bank and the individual if the bank just...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Do the witnesses accept that there is a perspective that people with much smaller debts feel they have to get the protection of the personal insolvency process, while those with much larger debts can individually negotiate with the bank and get an individual write-down? Do they accept that this perspective is out there?

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Marie Sherlock: ...drivers, have been calling for this for more than 20 years. I am delighted officials from SIPTU, namely, Mr. John Murphy, Mr. Paul Cullen and Mr. Stephen Millane, are present this evening because they feel passionately about getting the safety and security of drivers and, of course, passengers right. It cannot take a death or a life-changing injury before changes are made. I do not want...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...themselves but the common areas. The role of director of an OMC is a thankless job. Many apartment blocks have enormous challenges as it stands, particularly in dealing with construction and fire defects. They now feel left out in the cold, so to speak, because they have been excluded from this scheme, notwithstanding that they have significant energy bills to contend with. Why have...

Seanad: Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...major breakthroughs, and I know it is through the Minister's own commitment to the sector that we have seen these delivered. They are not without their difficulties. Many services that only provide early childhood care and education, ECCE, hours feel left behind. While €13 per hour does represent a pay increase for those working in the sector, it will not make paying the rent or...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ....The reality could not be more different. There can be no excuse for protests. No matter what pressure there is on local services, there can never be an excuse to intimidate people or make them feel unwelcome. This is a co-ordinated effort on the part of certain individuals to try to rouse up a crowd outside of the old ESB building in East Wall. I support what Senators Hoey and Ruane...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...on the responsibility of the mediator towards the individual or claimant in particular. Notwithstanding that participation in mediation by the parties is voluntary, I am concerned that individuals would feel in some way implicitly coerced into participating in mediation as opposed to going straight through to the assessment. I would like to see a stronger role for the mediator with...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...act urgently to address this long-running sore for those who are providing vital services in our communities. We all speak at length about how important these services are but these people do not feel respected or appreciated because of the many years since they last saw a pay increase. I support Senator Gavan's comments in this regard. I welcome the comments made last Saturday by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: This is quarter 4 of the year and it feels like the Government is dragging its heels on this. It also seems wasteful that we have from the Minister’s Department a right to request remote work and from a separate Department a right to flexible work. Does the Tánaiste believe there is a distinction between remote work and flexible work, by which I mean flexibility with regard to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...on this in recent weeks. Undoubtedly, if we assume a fixed number of workers in the economy over the medium to long term, then the cost to the State of pensions will be enormous. However, I feel labour force participation and how it may change or expand over time has been absent from the debate. I am particularly struck by the fact that the largest measure of unemployment pre pandemic...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...heard very much from the Department in that regard. For almost 18 years I have been a visitor to the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal and it is where my husband comes from so I know the depth of feeling, desperation and anger felt among that community. There is a real sense of frustration that the company that sold the faulty blocks that were used in affected houses cannot be held to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...strike. It is important to say that minimum levels of care continue to be provided, so people are being looked after today. These workers, however, have been forced to go on strike because they feel they have no other option and that nobody is listening to them. Talking to one of those workers today, Jacinta, I was struck by her talking about the frustration of doing one of the most...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Payment of Interns) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...experienced by young workers on unpaid internships. These are workers who have the same responsibilities as full-time workers and of whom there are the same expectations but whose employers do not feel compelled to pay them. Some people will ask whether this Bill will apply to every training internship. The answer is "No". We have set out a very narrow number of scenarios to which this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...will be out tomorrow and I can tell the House that the last place on this planet they want to be tomorrow is outside their hospitals with a placard. They want to be inside, doing their job, but they feel they have been so shamefully treated by the HSE and the Department of Health that they have been left with no option. I ask the Government representatives in the House to intervene and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Covid-19 Vaccines: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: On the corporation tax rate, the IPHA statement firmly supports the continuation of the 12.5% rate. I am open to correction but I feel sure that the Department of Finance has received letters that highlight the fears of the IPHA member companies unless the 12.5% rate exists. The submission mentions six ways to achieve the goal global vaccine equity. It reads that there should be more...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Apr 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...that there is a safety net for artists. We have questions about how the scheme will work and will direct them at a later date. In welcoming the basic income for artists, I do so with mixed feelings because today 21 artists in Richmond Road Studios in Dublin 3 are facing the prospect of eviction from their studios as of tomorrow. They have been in the studios for 20 years. They are an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...oversight of the awards system. Picking up on mediation, I also asked about the supports available to those making a claim because it is really important. My concern is that somebody will feel forced into mediation. While, of course, they have the right to opt out, ultimately there is a power imbalance there for individuals engaged in mediation with an insurance company. My concern is...

Seanad: Humanitarian Support for Ukrainian Refugees: Statements (23 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...requires quick decisions on planning, procurement and the provision of material and services. We know where inflation is at currently and the direction it will go in the coming months. It is important to state, and I feel strange doing so, that this crisis must not provide an opportunity to those who would seek to profiteer from the misery of others and the necessary haste of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...concerns about the awarding of the contract. Obviously, it is important that people are entitled to register their concerns about the continuation of direct provision - I think most of us here feel that direct provision needs to come to an end - and, in particular, the standards some companies have maintained within the direct provision centres. Knockalisheen and Lissywollen are two of...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Feb 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...about stigmatising choices but it is about protecting families from marketing that is purely driven by profit considerations, not by any interest in the advancement of public health. That is why I strongly feel we should have an outright ban on the advertising of infant formula products for children up to the age of 36 months. We know Ireland has been found wanting in comprehensively...