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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

John Brady: I do not have much time. When a customer goes into a restaurant or similar and sees that there is a service charge, he or she, rightly, assumes that it will go directly to the staff who look after the customer, including back-room staff such as chefs. Why is the service charge not included in the overall cost? Why is it not built in such that the consumer can see it? Essentially, it is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

John Brady: On live radio, Mr. Cummins said that a significant proportion of restaurant revenue is derived from tips entering the cashflow of the business. These tips are essentially being stolen from the workers and merged into the cashflow of the business. It is interesting to hear Ms Sweetman say that 100% of tips and gratuities should go to the employees. Mr. Cummins on live line radio...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

John Brady: I am getting to that point now. When Mr. Cummins says a significant proportion of tips is entering the cashflow of businesses, what does he mean by a "significant proportion"?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

John Brady: The staff take issue with it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

John Brady: We know the legislation does not deal with the core issue of the service charge and will not stop the illegal taking of tips. In many cases, tips are withheld for breakages or poor customer numbers in the hotel or restaurant in question. This Bill does not stop that from happening. It stops tips from being used to top up wages. It is established that some businesses illegally withhold...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

John Brady: I thank our guests for attending, for their opening statements and for their ongoing work on the issue, particularly that of ONE Galway and Unite. The Low Pay Commission has also played an important role, and I will start with Dr. de Buitléir. The Low Pay Commission carried out a review. In his opening statement he was critical of the absence of reliable data and used the words "ad...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

John Brady: That is anecdotal evidence as opposed to solid-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

John Brady: Okay, but no comprehensive research was commissioned or carried out by the Low Pay Commission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

John Brady: That report is being used against the exploited workers in the area, which is most unfortunate. It would have been helpful if detailed analysis had been carried out by the Low Pay Commission before it made its recommendations. I have a question about the unintended consequences. Dr. de Buitléir said that much of the focus, correctly, has been on the service charge and that there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

John Brady: -----but they told us that they do not believe the employees have a right to the service charge. That cuts to the fundamental issues here. Does Dr. de Buitléir think that reclassifying the service charge, which consumers unfortunately believe goes directly to the staff, would not increase the take home pay for employees? We have heard, and there is evidence, that people wrongly think...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

John Brady: I appreciate that Dr. de Buitléir had to go for a train but I wish to go back to a point that was made by a couple of members. A lot of the work by the Low Pay Commission has been based on no data but it is being relied on by the industry and the Minister. The Irish Hotels Federation goes to great lengths to promote the review of the Low Pay Commission and that is frightening. Dr. de...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

John Brady: This year's social protection budget allocation allows for plenty of announcements and not much else. The increase in the fuel allowance, the change so that young jobseeker's receive the full rate of jobseeker's payment and the moves to deal with child maintenance warranted big announcements but the reality is that these three measures mean nothing. The €2 increase in the fuel...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2019)

John Brady: That is a pittance.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Clean Oceans Initiative (9 Oct 2019)

John Brady: 126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishermen that have signed up to the clean oceans initiative; the amount of waste that has been recovered; the costs to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41292/19]

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

John Brady: Neither has Fianna Fáil.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2019)

John Brady: For the 2017 to 2018 fuel season 31,565 people living in Ireland received the winter fuel payment from England. For some who do not qualify for the fuel allowance in this State it is the only financial support they receive towards their fuel costs. I have been raising concerns with regard to this payment with the Minister for a number of months. Twice in the past week I submitted questions...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2019)

John Brady: I am not getting any response.

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

John Brady: I stood with the secretaries of a number of schools in Wicklow, including St. Cronan's national school in Bray, and St. Brigid's and St. Kevin's national schools in Greystones. The regard in which the secretaries are held was evident because the parents, pupils and teachers stood with them in solidarity and support. They know the role the secretaries provide in their schools. They are the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Oct 2019)

John Brady: More than €202 million has been given to the private companies, Turas Nua and Seetec, to roll out what can only be described as the failed JobPath programme. To date, more than 232,000 citizens have been referred to JobPath, some of them for the fourth year in succession. I refer to "failed" JobPath because only 6%, or approximately 15,000, of those people have been sustained in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

John Brady: Unfortunately, when it comes to our national newborn screening programme, we are way behind international best practice. We only screen for about four rare diseases through what is commonly known as the heel prick test. Italy vastly expanded its screening programme over a very short time to include 40 rare diseases. This was done during one year. I know the Minister has engaged with the...