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Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: Amendments Nos. 42 and 43 seek to address a similar issue to amendments Nos. 30 and 31. They require that where a termination of a remote working agreement occurs due to circumstances described in section 22(1)(a), that is, seasonal variation, the termination shall only be valid for the period in which such seasonal variations occur and, upon the conclusion of that period, the remote working...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 43: In page 28, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(2) An employer may also terminate an agreement under subsection (1) where the employer is satisfied that the flexible working arrangement would have, or is having, a substantial adverse effect on the operation of his or her business, profession or occupation, by reason of seasonal variations in...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 45: In page 34, line 31, after “her” to insert “or their”.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I welcome that section 34 seeks to be trans inclusive in respect of breast-feeding provisions. However, in the proposed amendment to the definition of an employee who is breast-feeding as outlined in section 2(1), I propose the word "their" is inserted after the pronoun "her" in order to ensure the definition as well as the intention of the section is trans inclusive. I would appreciate it...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 23: In page 13, line 35, to delete “16 years” and substitute “21 years”.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 31: In page 17, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(1A) An employer may also terminate an agreement under subsection (1) where the employer is satisfied that the flexible working arrangement would have, or is having, a substantial adverse effect on the operation of his or her business, profession oroccupation, by reason of seasonal variations in...

Seanad: Remuneration Information and Pay Transparency Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I welcome the Minister. I am glad to be here to express my support for this important and timely legislation. I congratulate Senators Ardagh and Crowe on their hard work in respect of it. Deputy Conway-Walsh and others have tabled similar Bills in the Dáil. I hope this can be an area where a good idea is rewarded with cross-party support and swift passage through these Houses....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: Yesterday morning, the Israeli military murdered ten Palestinians, including two elderly men and a child, and injured more than 100 in a vicious raid on Nablus. Throughout the brutal attack, the Israeli military blocked Palestinian medical personnel from treating the wounded. The raid on Nablus is the second massacre by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank in 2023. The Israeli...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I am calling for a debate. I want to quote the Tánaiste. He continued: Those responsible, those carrying out these actions, and those directing them will be held fully accountable, and there will be no hiding places. That is why we have provided additional funding to the International Criminal Court, to give it the capacity to follow up on these crimes. I am asking the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: It is colonisation and it is horrific. I feel so emotional about this. It is horrific.

Seanad: Report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland's Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I welcome the Minister and congratulate the Cathaoirleach of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media, and all its members on the publication of this very timely and insightful report. I also thank and congratulate the staff of the committee secretariat who work so hard to produce documents that are of such a high standard. Sometimes those staff do not get as much...

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No.3: In page 12, line 29, after “legislation” to insert “or other relevant legislation”

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: My amendments in this grouping seek to address the issue, discussed on Committee Stage, of the framing of the accountability framework. Amendment No. 3 seeks to amend section 53B(2) by inserting after the obligation to act in accordance with obligations under financial services legislation that there would also be an obligation to act in accordance with other relevant legislation....

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 4: In page 14, lines 39 and 40, to delete “financial services” and substitute “relevant obligations or”.

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 5: In page 14, line 42, to delete “financial services” and substitute “relevant obligations or”.

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 6: In page 15, line 2, to delete “financial services” and substitute “relevant obligations or”.

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 7: In page 16, line 26, to delete “obligations under financial services” and substitute “relevant obligations or”.

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 8: In page 22, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(2C) The Minister shall, within the 2 years following the commencement of this section, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas detailing— (a) the level of effective implementation of the designation of person who perform a controlled function, (b) the effectiveness of the...

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: This amendment would require that the Minister shall, within the two years following the commencement of this section, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas detailing the following: the level of effective implementation of the designation of persons who perform a controlled function; the effectiveness of the identification and designation of persons who perform a controlled...

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 9: In page 52, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(ia) whether it has had a widespread impact on the welfare of the State generally,”.”. The amendment seeks to stipulate that when imposing a sanction on an individual, consideration should be given to the effect of the prescribed convention with regard to whether it has had a...