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Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I welcome the Minister back to the House. I support the motion. Exactly three months ago we debated this issue in the House when my Independent colleagues, Senators van Turnhout, Mary Ann O'Brien and Mac Conghail, and I raised it. More importantly, lone parents and their representative organisations have protested vehemently against the implementation of these cuts without the provision of...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I will move amendment No. 14.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: Yes. I will speak to amendment No. 14. As the Minister of State said, we are at the heart of the Bill. I acknowledge the extensive work the Government and its officials have done on the Bill, as exemplified by the Report Stage amendments. I understand the Government and the original sponsor of the Bill, Senator Ivana Bacik, are extremely keen to get it right as best we can. Amendment No....

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: Clearly, from the Minister of State's response, he was a fine educator and I expect that he will be one of the leaders of that revolution that he speaks about. It has been a useful debate. As Senator Power referred to, even in her own Bill there was not the deletion of this section even though many advocates for many years have argued for that. I thought it was important to put it forward...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: It is not a matter of personal preference. It is because, in terms of the arguments, I am still not adequately convinced that we absolutely require to keep it from a legal and technical perspective. Having said that, I fully accept and agree that it is no mean achievement what the Government is putting forward here today. We have some amendments with which we hope to improve that and maybe...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: On amendment No. 4 to amendment No. 13, if an institution is to draw on its religious ethos to lawfully discriminate against an employee, it is reasonable to require it to define its ethos in writing and to require that the employee or potential employee be made aware of it. If the Government, by its amendments to the Bill, maintains that it is reasonable to keep section 37(1)(b) in order to...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: Amendment No. 5 is mine, actually.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: In the interests of time, I will discuss amendment No. 5 briefly. This seeks to add a more air-tight character to the Government's tests or criteria whereby religious institutions can justify discriminatory treatment against employees on the basis of their ethos. The amendment is rooted in my efforts on Committee Stage to amend the Bill. I acknowledged that it is the intent of the...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I am grateful to the Minister of State for accepting amendment No. 5, which I moved. It represents also the spirit of amendments put forward by Senator Power. I acknowledge the support of Senator Bacik also. Her views on any legal issues are much respected. I also acknowledge the support of the Minister of State's officials. The Minister of State's "no mean achievement" just got better....

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I second the amendment to the amendment.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I second the amendment to the amendment.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I move amendment No. 4 to amendment No. 13: In subsection (1C)(a), proposed to be inserted by paragraph (b), after "religious ethos," to insert the following:"which is defined in writing and the employee or the potential employee is made aware of it,".

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I move amendment No. 5 to amendment No. 13: In subsection (1C)(c)(ii), proposed to be inserted by paragraph (b), to delete "and", and substitute the following:"(iii) the employee’s or prospective employee’s right to privacy, and".

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I second the amendment to the amendment.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I second the amendment to the amendment.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I second the amendment to the amendment.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I second the amendment to the amendment.

Seanad: Report of Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (8 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I welcome Dr. Maurice Manning and Mr. Joe O'Toole and thank them for coming back to the House. I acknowledge and applaud their work and the publication of the report and the extraordinary work of the members of their group too. It is an extremely helpful resource for us. I also thank them for their perseverance. I know there were ongoing meetings in the background to keep this process...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: So, the day has finally come. What shall we call it - One Parent Family Day, or Children's Day?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Katherine Zappone: Perhaps a more apt description would be Jobseekers' Day. As we are all aware, today is the day thousands of lone parents throughout Ireland, most of whom are women, will find their payment to support themselves and their families has been cut. It will be cut because their youngest child is seven and because they are working part-time but less than 19 hours a week. These people have jobs,...