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Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: I move amendment No. 20: In page 10, to delete “so,” in line 32 down to and including line 37, and in page 11, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute “so.”. This amends section 18 of the Organisation of Working Time Act, which originally dealt with zero-hour contracts. At least, it tried to. The amendment is designed to ensure a minimum number of working...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: Yes.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: I move amendment No. 31: In page 13, to delete lines 24 to 26 and substitute the following: “(7) An employee placed on a weekly band of working hours shall work hours the average of which shall fall within that band until such time as a further review of hours determines that the employee concerned should be placed on a different band of working hours.”. This amendment...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: I am quite happy to accept the 12 months. The suggestion of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and it members had been 13 months. I am quite happy to accept that. On my other amendment, it is obviously not the intention to place people in a lesser position than they would be in under the legislation without the amendment. I would like to look at that and see what implications it might...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: Any good employer would implement this provision. It does not have to be part of legislation. There is the existing corpus of employees. Employers know who they are and the hours they work. As Deputy Clare Daly said, the extra hours are critical for those who need them to survive. It is not a matter of taking out a mortgage or anything else but of putting bread on the table. It is so...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: I also have an amendment. This exercised everybody's attention on Second Stage. The Minister has made some progress on the bands and has explained her rationale. The Minister said we can bring in something that will apply to every employee other than the cohort in precarious employment who are vulnerable and so on. One can understand that rationale but the Minister could...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: Amendment No. 47 is in my name. Deputy O'Dea moved a similar amendment earlier on. The penalisation measures need to be strengthened by the insertion of the amendment. I am easy about the other amendments in the group. We are concerned at the prospect of a reduction in hours being used as a weapon against an employee who may, for example, have taken a case against an employer to the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: I move amendment No. 47: In page 15, line 24 to delete "intimidation."." and substitute the following: "intimidation. (6) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (5), where — (a) an employee has made a complaint under the Workplace Relations Act 2015 of a failure to comply with section 18A, and (b) the hours of work of the employee are subsequently reduced by the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the content of the report on pay equalisation as specified in the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017; the actions he will take from the report; his plans for process to pay and equalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21712/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (16 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 20. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Klaus Regling, Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism on 8 May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21376/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Banking (16 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 35. To ask the Minister for Finance when the public banking report compiled by his Department and the Department of Rural and Community Development will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21377/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (16 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with the Chinese ambassador to Ireland; if so, the nature of the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21696/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (16 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance if approval from the European Commission to levy a lower rate of stamp duty has been obtained (details supplied); the way in which farmers that have recently purchased lands for the purposes of the consolidation will be treated in terms of paying the lower rate of stamp duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21646/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (16 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda community relations vans that came into the fleet in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of community relations vans that were withdrawn from the fleet in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21695/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Staff (16 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 132. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the additional 18 staff to deal with Brexit that have been filled by Enterprise Ireland to date; the timeline for recruiting the full number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21697/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (16 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review Bus Éireann fare costs in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21698/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review of an application for carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21647/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Appeals (16 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review of an application for partial capacity benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21648/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (16 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the monthly electricity allowance and the natural gas allowance by €10 per month per applicant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21699/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (15 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a new round of applications will open for positions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21380/18]