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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (9 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: The provision of metrics in the overview is a very good idea. There do not seem to be metrics relating to the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, or the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, however. The metrics provided are all about creating investment, jobs and so on, and that is great, but why are there no metrics relating to the WRC or the HSA?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (9 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: There is a big list of metrics at the end of each section. Why are the metrics for the HSA and the WRC not included there? Why are they just in the body of the text?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (9 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: Sure. Maybe I am not being clear. On page 64 of the overview, for example, there is a list of published metrics relating to jobs and enterprise development. There is a series of metrics and I was wondering why-----

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (9 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: Great.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (9 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: On page 64 there is reference to IDA Ireland winning 249 new investment projects in 2021. It then refers to winning five environmental sustainable investments. Are the 15 part of the 249? Does that mean the remainder of the 249 projects are not environmentally sustainable? What is the import of that?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (9 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: On unionisation, there was an interesting article in the Business Post on Sunday about tech workers seeking to unionise and join the Financial Services Union in the context of the job losses and so on. It would be a good idea for tech workers to get into unions to try to protect their interests. The rate of workers covered by collective bargaining is very low, at approximately one in four....

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: Is the Taoiseach ashamed to lead a Government in one of the richest countries in the world and yet have a situation where one in ten parents are forced to go to food banks or rely on food donations to be able to feed their children? It is an incredible indictment of what is happening in this country and the policies of the Government. We know that the price of groceries has increased in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: They are getting rent.

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [4428/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [3410/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: As night follows day, racist violence follows anti-refugee protests. In recent weeks we have seen a dramatic escalation of violence against migrants in Dublin in particular. On Saturday, 28 January, homeless migrant men were attacked with dogs, sticks and a baseball bat at Ashtown. On Monday, 30 January, a building in Sheriff Street burned down seemingly because it was wrongly suspected of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Work Councils and Legislative Provisions for Dispute Procedures: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: This is a considerable issue that affects major multinational corporations, which have quite an interest in what we do here and the interests of workers. I was struck by what Dr. Altmeyer said about our being the third country with regard to the number of EWCs here. Will Dr. Altmeyer give an estimate of how many workers would be included and affected by our rules and legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Work Councils and Legislative Provisions for Dispute Procedures: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: It would probably be in the millions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Work Councils and Legislative Provisions for Dispute Procedures: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: Yes. If one is thinking of between 140 and 180 companies, with tens or hundreds of thousands of workers, a very large group of workers is affected. Mr. Sack did not mince his words about our compliance with the directive. In his opinion, there is just no way we are in compliance with this directive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Work Councils and Legislative Provisions for Dispute Procedures: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: Do Dr. Lavelle and Dr. Altmeyer agree with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Work Councils and Legislative Provisions for Dispute Procedures: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: Does Dr. Altmeyer agree that Ireland is in breach of the directive?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Work Councils and Legislative Provisions for Dispute Procedures: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: I obviously agree that the issue of extending the remit of the WRC is a route for this, but it seems that is not the only issue. This is about access to justice, which relates to the question of means, about which Dr. Altmeyer was making the point. It seems a central part of the legislation the Government will need to write is that means will have to be provided for. One has a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Work Councils and Legislative Provisions for Dispute Procedures: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: One of the suggestions Mr. Sack makes for a remedy is to use the Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Act 2006. How do we know that will work? How many cases have been taken to the WRC about these sorts of issues under this Act? How have they gone? What has been the outcome?