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Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: No.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Human Rights Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: Last week I attended the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, at which the issue of Hungary and the opening of a monitoring procedure was discussed in depth both in committee and in the plenary session. In 2012 the Hungarian Government passed a law defining homelessness as an administrative offence, with the result that people who get caught sleeping on the street twice in six...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: No, based on what the Minister has just said. I shall read his comments later.

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 21: In page 49, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following:" 'debt collector' means a person who for remuneration collects or seeks to collect consumer credit debt;".This matter was debated in the Dáil on Report Stage, but it was shifted to the justice portfolio. However, there are wider issues. The amendment is specifically worded to limit debt collection as...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 21: In page 49, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following:" 'debt collector' means a person who for remuneration collects or seeks to collect consumer credit debt;".This matter was debated in the Dáil on Report Stage, but it was shifted to the justice portfolio. However, there are wider issues. The amendment is specifically worded to limit debt collection as...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: No, based on what the Minister has just said. I shall read his comments later.

Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I thank Senators for their contributions.

Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I thank all the Senators for their kind words. I thank the Leader, Senator Cummins, for facilitating this debate. I thank the Minister for taking part, Senators Power, Clune, van Turnhout, Moloney, Wilson, Noone, Mac Conghail, Keane, Conway, Mooney, Barrett, Moran and my Sinn Féin colleagues, Senators Ó Clochartaigh and Cullinane. One of the important things about this debate is...

Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I move: That Seanad Éireann notes that:- 30.4% of under 25s were officially unemployed in 2012; - this is the fifth highest rate of youth unemployment in the eurozone, after Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy; - our youth unemployment rate has more than trebled since 2007; - 53,800 under 25 were officially unemployed at the end of March 2013; - the cost of youth unemployment to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Developments: Discussion with French National Assembly (30 May 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: Bienvenu. I welcome the delegation. I propose to discuss the issue of youth unemployment and the youth guarantee before responding to our guests' question on doubts that citizens entertain about the European Union. As the Chairman stated, I am producing a report on the youth guarantee on behalf of the joint committee. The organisations that deal with young people and the most marginalised...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I regret the Minister, Deputy Howlin, has left the Chamber but I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The dictionary definition of bullying is the use of superior strength or influence to intimidate someone, typically to force him or her to do what one wants. The Bill before us today matches that word for word. This Government unilaterally and arbitrarily decided to cut €1...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: Today Beggars Bush is home to the labour history museum which celebrates a long and hard struggle by ordinary working men and women for fair pay and decent terms and conditions. It is ironic that this is the same location where a Labour Party Minister effectively concluded an agreement that would undermine the pay and working conditions of low and middle-income working men and women. This...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: It is truly remarkable.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: Maybe it his choice that led the Government to railroad the legislation through the Oireachtas this week and to avoid the inevitable sense of shame the Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin, and his Labour Party colleagues must feel at having abandoned not only public sector workers but the proud Labour Party tradition of defending workers' rights. Sinn Féin opposes the Bill for one simple...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: By opposing the Bill that is exactly what we are doing.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: Do I look like a bully?

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, lines 28 to 36, to delete subsection (2).One of the central elements of the legislation is the proposal to freeze the increments of public sector workers who do not sign up to the agreement. I raised this on Second Stage and I will not go over the same ground again. I do not have any expectation that the Minister will withdraw this threat but I cannot...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 25: In page 11, before section 7, to insert the following new section: “7.—Section 2 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 is amended by the substitution of the following Tables for the Tables in that subsection: “Table 1 Holders of certain offices and allowances Office Reduction President Total annual...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 30: In page 15, before section 13, to insert the following new section: “PART 2 REPEAL OF SECTIONS 6 & 7 OF THE SUPERANNUATION AND PENSIONS ACT 196313.--Sections 6 and 7 of the Superannuation and Pensions Act 1963 are repealed and this provision shall come into effect immediately on the passing of this Act.”.These amendments are straightforward....

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 31: In page 15, before section 13, to insert the following new section: “PART 2 REPEAL ARTICLE 78 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUPERANNUATION) (CONSOLIDATION) SCHEME 199813.--Article 78 of the Local Government (Superannuation) (Consolidation) Scheme 1998 is repealed and this provision shall come into effect immediately on the passing of this Act.”.