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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for his kind and gracious words and all of those who gave me such a warm welcome today on my first day in big school, as it feels. I am very grateful and honoured to have been elected last week to represent my home constituency of Dublin Bay South. I am just over the moon to be here. I thank all of those who supported me. I thank my amazing campaign team, my...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: Thank you, Taoiseach.

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, line 21, to delete "as soon as is reasonably practicable" and substitute "immediately".

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister and I thank Senator Boyhan for seconding the amendment. We had a debate on this provision on Committee Stage so I will not delay proceedings. The amendment is about delay and it seeks to ensure the publication of guidance to give effect the Bill's provisions would come in immediately after commencement. This is simply to avoid any further delays in the introduction...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for his very clear response and commitment to have the regulations introduced as swiftly as possible and without delay. I thank him for clarifying that. There has been a pattern at every stage of the debate on this Bill and when I brought my related legislation through the Seanad and my colleagues steered it through the Dáil.We have sought to work constructively...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 3: In page 4, to delete line 25

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: Again, I raised this issue on Committee Stage. I thank SIPTU for raising with me the need to ensure there is explicit recognition of the role of trade unions in making this legislation effective across workplaces and in working constructively to ensure we address the gender pay gap. We are all conscious of the 14% gender pay gap that persists in this country and the fact that so many women...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for his comments about the amendments and I take the point about the directive. Indeed I noted that on Committee Stage. However, there is concern in the trade union movement that the voluntarist model of collective bargaining in industrial relations has not necessarily served its members as well as it could. This is a problem we face at broader level. The Minister...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 4: In page 4, to delete line 34 and substitute the following: "employer’s case, and (d) employers who are party to a collective agreement negotiated with a recognised trade union or staff association to consult with the trade union or staff association concerned both prior to and following upon the publication of the information referred to in this section."

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 5: In page 4, to delete lines 38 to 41, and in page 5, to delete lines 1 to 10 and substitute the following: "(3) Regulations made under this section shall not apply to an employer having fewer than 20 employees.".

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: Again, this amendment arises from the debate on Committee Stage and this issue has been debated extensively over the years since I first introduced gender pay gap legislation in this House. As soon as it was enacted, my Bill would have applied to all organisations with 50 or more employees. In that regard, we were simply taking the model of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: Well said.

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank colleagues who have spoken on the amendment. In particular, I acknowledge, as Senator Pauline O'Reilly said, that this is historic and I very much welcome the legislation. I will absolutely be working constructively with the Government to ensure it passes swiftly. I assure the Minister of that. I will not seek to delay it in any way. Reflecting on the comments of Senator Pauline...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 6: In page 5, line 11, to delete "may" and substitute "shall".

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: These amendments seek to create more peremptory language on the regulations, and that regulations shall prescribe the form and manner in which information is to be published. Again, it is to address the issue I raised on Committee Stage. This is very much a facilitative Bill and does not provide very much by way of detail as to how the regulations will take effect, what duties will be on...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister but I respectfully disagree. Section 20A, as he Minister said, sets out the content of the information and it is great that we have this clarity but the lack of clarity I am referring to is about how it is to be conveyed. Let me put these questions. Will it be on a website? The Minister clarified on Committee Stage that the information would be generated on our...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 7: In page 5, line 22, to delete "may" and substitute "shall".

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 8: In page 5, line 23, after "manner" to insert "(which shall include, if the employer concerned maintains a website, publication on that website)".

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: This amendment is related to amendments Nos. 6 and 7 and later amendment No. 9, in which we are seeking to establish a little more detail and clarity on how the legislation will take effect. I thank the Minister for confirming that there will be a centralised website. My question is in regard to who will administer that website. Under whose auspices or remit will it fall? Will it be...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for his response. If I understand correctly, the website will be under the remit of his Department, although there is still a lack of clarity on that. I was struck by the fact that, as a colleague has pointed out, while it will be this Minister making the regulations, the Bill provides for whoever the Minister is to have the power make regulations. There may be too...