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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (19 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views that human rights defenders should be named stakeholders in Irish national mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence legislation. [25229/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety (19 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress that is being made in relation to legislation or regulation to give workers the right to clean air at the workplace. [25232/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (19 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views that the scope of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive should be widened, given that under the current proposal 99% of companies would be exempt. [25230/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (19 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 190. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on progress from his interactions with a company (details supplied) in relation to workers’ rights; if he supports a minimum payment per delivery for the drivers of €5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25670/22]

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I am against the amendment. The original 20 weeks' remuneration was a significant punishment and deterrent for employers who did not pay. Four weeks rather than two shifts the balance slightly but, unfortunately, there will definitely be employers who will think they might get away with not paying workers their sick pay entitlements and the worst that can happen is a penalty of four weeks'...

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I have one more question. The Tánaiste mentioned legal advice. What did the legal advice state? It can only state there may be a constitutional issue in respect of Deputies drafting legislation because we are clearly changing the law. I am intrigued by that.

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 21: In page 7, line 4, after “day” to insert “equivalent to one hundred per cent of an employee’s pay”. This group of amendments deals with the rate of sick pay. All our amendments are effectively trying to get sick pay of 100%. The level of sick pay proposed by the Government is low, let us be honest. It allows for 70% of pay at...

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 24: In page 7, to delete lines 5 to 19.

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 28: In page 8, to delete lines 20 to 38, and in page 9, to delete lines 1 to 30.

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 13: In page 6, lines 14 and 15, to delete “the economy generally, specific sectors of the economy,employers or”.

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 14: In page 6, line 20, to delete “employer representative bodies and”.

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 15: In page 6, to delete line 21 and substitute the following: “(f) the effects of inflation on the cost of living for employees.”.

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 16: In page 6, line 22, to delete “The order first’’ and substitute “An order”. This amendment would mean the number of sick days can only be increased by future Ministers from three upwards, as opposed to the prospect of future Governments actually being able to reduce the number of days down to a floor of three. If we are going...

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 18: In page 6, to delete lines 29 and 30.

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will zone in on that. The wording in amendment No. 7 states: "...where an employee ceases to be the employee of an employer and, not more than 26 weeks after the date of cesser, the employee again becomes the employee of the employer, the period of service of that employee with that employer before the date of cesser shall be deemed to be continuous with the period of service of that...

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: That would go a very long way to addressing the main substantial point.

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is hard to read out.

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 11: In page 6, to delete lines 11 and 12. I will be reasonably brief on this series of amendments as we are eager to get to amendment No. 30. This is a series of amendments deleting various considerations on which the Minister is meant to base his decision as to whether he increases the number of days of sick leave. The considerations I am seeking to delete are...

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 4: In page 5, to delete lines 30 to 35. This amendment proposes to delete the requirement for an employee to have 13 weeks of continuous employment before being entitled to sick pay. This was one of the most problematic aspects of the Bill, as drafted. There is a Government amendment in this regard, which I will come to presently.

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank Deputy Ó Ríordáin and the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The issue here is that a very gross discrimination was created by the Government's proposal, whereby an employee whose service was interrupted would go back to zero, lose his or her rights to sick pay and have to work up the 13 weeks again. This meant that the Bill, as drafted, excluded many of the most vulnerable...