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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The loss to the State is not simply about the individual's experience. Sectoral orders are a way to ensure that whatever way he or she is categorised, the person can access the basic provision. However, there is a loss to the State. We know this from the radically different PRSI contributions that are coming through from those who are self-employed and those who are not. I refer again...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: If one wants a continuum of employment or delivery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: What about sectoral orders and the compatibility of what used to be JLCs with the labour machinery of the State. While that is the labour machinery rather than a set of laws, is it something we can cement around an expectation of due diligence on the part of the State as a funder of projects and with regard to the way in which its resources are used?

Seanad: Loneliness Task Force Report: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I commend Senator Swanick on the report. I found it incredibly interesting reading. In his introduction to the report, Senator Swanick paid tribute to Jo Cox, the MP who was notable for speaking about the fact that we have more in common than what divides us. She was one of the first to consider the idea of a commission on loneliness and I...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018: Second Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I commend my colleague, Senator Ruane, those who have worked with her in civil society, and her assistant, Seb McAteer. I know this Bill comes very deeply from many years of experience working with and supporting people to chart pathways forward for themselves. That is really reflected in the way the Bill looks at the different aspects of the experiences and addresses some of the many...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Today, our MEPs will vote on an EU-Singapore trade agreement and the associated EU-Singapore investment protection agreement. I raise this issue because the House voted to express concern about the prospect of an investor court system that would allow corporations to sue states for lost future profits when new regulations are introduced by elected representatives in response to the needs of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Statement of Strategy 2019-2021: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to join the committee today. I thank the Minister for speaking so eloquently on the issue of history. He displayed a very deep understanding. He may be aware that I and my colleague, Senator Kelleher, and others have put forward proposals on Traveller history in education, and I believe that the National Council for Curriculum Assessment, NCCA, is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Statement of Strategy 2019-2021: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Statement of Strategy 2019-2021: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We have had one on the issue of disability.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Statement of Strategy 2019-2021: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The initiative pointed to the obstacles that exist when people move between seeking employment and education.

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I join with others in saying I am very happy to see Committee Stage of this Bill being taken. I hope we will see Report Stage being taken very soon. This is an issue that has been pressed for a long time and I commend all of those in civil society who pushed for it. I recall it being one of the issues we fought for when I was on the National Women's Council. I thank Deputies...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Am I right that the four amendments on the supplementary list are to be discussed subsequent to the other groupings?

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The grouping is predominantly technical and deals with the issue of what may be included, the language and so forth. Some of the concerns in the supplementary amendments will arise on group 3. I had one question on amendment No. 24 in respect of the digital signature but I have had clarification from the Minister of State's officials, which I am sure he will confirm, that this is only a...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I recognise that the exclusion of special categories of personal data as defined under Article 9 of the GDPR is a concession the Minister of State has made following our debate in the Seanad. I was very happy when he was able to accept the amendments in the Seanad and I, of course, had concerns when I saw they were being revised. The removal of the phrase "and compliant with Article 9 of...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I have a procedural question.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is a technical question to the Chair. We have two amendments on the same lines on Report Stage. Is there any material interaction between those amendments?

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I want to clarify if what happens to amendment No. 5 will have any impact in respect of amendment No. 6. They are placed in the same location within the Bill.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: In that case, amendment No. 6 will not be affected if amendment No. 5 is passed.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I take the point. There is no danger of an intersection.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: In respect of those amendments, I am happy for the issue of Article 9 definitions to continue at the European Court of Justice.