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National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: There is no doubt that after a period of serious recession in the country and internationally wages had declined, but they are on the way back up. We can consider various respected surveys from the likes of IBEC or Industrial Relations Newsand see that there is considerable wage growth being experienced at the moment.

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: The Deputy might have a particular view on the organisation but I would not question the veracity of its research.

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: We have separate views on the national employers' body and that is fine. The Deputy is entitled to the opinion but I am happy to accept the veracity of the research it undertakes as a serious body, regardless of where Deputy Boyd Barrett might stand. Employers create jobs and IBEC anticipates pay awards of at least 2% in the majority of companies this year, which is to be welcomed. The...

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: I would not like to be paying water charges in the UK.

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: The National Minimum Wage Commission recommended it in 2000.

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: It is what is in the document, but the reality is different. I am not aware it is the rate that is generally paid.

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: No.

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: It is in the National Minimum Wage Act 2000. It is a provision rarely, if ever, used.

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: I appreciate what the Deputy has said, and for reasons the National Minimum Wage Commission considered in 2000 when the Act was introduced, the view was taken that what it wanted to do was encourage young people to remain in training and education and not move out of it into the workforce. This was the consideration of the time. I stand to be corrected, and I do not want to mislead the...

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: I am pleased to point out to Deputy Boyd Barrett that wages are increasing across the economy, though not perhaps at a rate that would satisfy him and his colleagues. After years of extreme difficulty in this country, that development illustrates how far we have come. We have a way to go before we reach a point where everybody can share in the accelerating economic recovery. There is no...

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: I thank the contributors for the remarks they made. They are making a strong case for the establishment of an institutional framework like the Low Pay Commission and for the collective bargaining legislation I am introducing, the re-establishment of REAs and sectoral employment orders and the work I intend to carry out on zero-hour and low-hour contracts. We are all at one on that. We may...

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 3: "PART 1 PRELIMINARY AND GENERALShort title, collective citation and construction. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Act 2015.(2) This Act (other thanPart 3) and the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 may be cited together as the National Minimum Wage Acts 2000 and 2015 and shall be construed together as one Act.".Amendments Nos....

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 4:In page 3, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:"Repeals 2.Sections 11, 12 and 13 of the Principal Act are repealed.".

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: As I did not have an opportunity to respond to remarks made on the motion, I should point out that I find it unfortunate that the amendments had to be presented in this manner. This has been done for reasons that are beyond my control and I fully accept that it is an imperfect way of doing business that should not become de rigueur. This is complex legislation. We are in the business of...

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, line 8, after “wage;” to insert the following: “to make provision for the purposes of the operation of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 and, for that purpose, to amend that enactment and certain other enactments;”.This amendment is required to amend the Long Title of the Bill to reflect the amendments to the Workplace Relations...

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Instruction to Committee (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move:That, pursuant to Standing Order 177, Standing Order 131 is modified to permit an instruction to the Committee to which the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015 may be recommitted in respect of certain amendments, for which it has power to make provision in the Bill in relation to:(a) the Workplace Relations Act 2015 and employment rights and equality enactments, which...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Aquaculture Licence Applications (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: I thank Senator Conway for raising this issue which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. In 2012 Bord Iascaigh Mhara submitted an application to the Department for an aquaculture licence for the cultivation of fin fish near Inis Oírr in Galway Bay. The application and its accompanying environmental impact statement are being considered under the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: What has happened in Clerys is very shocking and those who were directly employed by Clery’s and the concession holders and their staff have been treated appallingly. Earlier this week I submitted a report to the Taoiseach and Tánaiste to further inform Government on the issues surrounding the sale and liquidation of Clerys. I also briefed my Government colleagues on the report...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: I propose to take Questions Nos. 131 and 133 together. The Living Wage concept is grounded in the idea that a person’s wage should be sufficient to maintain a safe, decent standard of living. At an individual level the resources required to achieve a minimum essential standard of living is very dependent on family circumstances and thus the interaction of individual earnings with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Union Recognition (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: It has been the consistent policy of successive Irish Governments to promote collective bargaining both through a legislative and an institutional framework that is fully supportive of a voluntary system of industrial relations and one that is premised upon freedom of contract and freedom of association. This approach is consistent with the Constitution and has served our country well in...