Results 61-80 of 403 for speaker:Ollie Crowe

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

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, to the Chamber. The Remuneration Information and Pay Transparency Bill will level the playing field for jobseekers. As my colleague Senator Ardagh outlined, it can make a significant difference in helping to close the gender pay gap. Even more broadly, however, it will level the playing field for all employees, regardless of gender. The Bill puts...

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

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, to the House and thank her for her strong voice on the 9% VAT rate campaign, which was vital to the hospitality sector, not alone in Galway but across the country. I have got very positive feedback on that over the past 24 to 48 hours. I welcome this topic. It is one which, it goes without saying, is vital to hundreds of thousands of workers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Ollie Crowe: I thank all of our guests for attending and for their contributions. Dr. Tamming referenced the current rate of employment of disabled people across the public sector is 3.6% and that 27 out of 213 public bodies did not reach the minimum target. I find it unacceptable that 12.5% of the public bodies did not reach the minimum target. I am fairly familiar with the situation myself. I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Dr. Hartney. Is there a breakdown of the type of disabilities in the public sector? Of course, we want to meet the targets but we also want to do it in a way that gives as many people as possible an opportunity to work. We do not want a situation where certain disabilities are being hired at a high rate while people with other disabilities are not being hired at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Dr. Hartney and Dr. Tamming.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Ms Shakespeare. In Galway, my home city, I am familiar with employers leading the way that are involved in partnership, for example, Tesco and Eye Cinema. I suppose I am asking in relation to the take-up of other companies and what is done to encourage other private companies to come on board to lead the way as Tesco Ireland is doing. That is prevalent in Galway city. I commend...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022: Discussion (15 Feb 2023)

Ollie Crowe: With the agreement of the members I will let Deputy James O'Connor go first. He is a member of the committee also. We will have five minutes at the end and I will then go in the middle if that is agreeable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022: Discussion (15 Feb 2023)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the Acting Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022: Discussion (15 Feb 2023)

Ollie Crowe: I will be brief. I have just two questions as I am conscious Deputy Cahill, as Chair of the agriculture committee, wants to come in. A number of companies might find this model more suitable but will probably need to be informed and educated about the possibilities and advantages of the transition, when it comes about. What are our guests' views on how we should address this? The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022: Discussion (15 Feb 2023)

Ollie Crowe: Okay. I wish to hand over to Deputy Cahill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022: Discussion (15 Feb 2023)

Ollie Crowe: To get the views in regard to making the audit either a three-year or five-year requirement, what are the views of the guests in regard to mine and Deputy Cahill's point on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022: Discussion (15 Feb 2023)

Ollie Crowe: Surely they have their opinion. That is why we are here, to tease it out and go through it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Ollie Crowe: Like all Members, I join the Acting Leader in offering my support to the people of Türkiye and Syria following the devastating earthquake. Galway, the city in particular, has considerable Turkish and Syrian communities which are reeling from this tragedy. I welcome the announcement of financial aid by the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and the ongoing support his...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Feb 2023)

Ollie Crowe: On that point, the issue of scrambling bikes and quads is not significant in Galway but is in Dublin. I understand from talking to my colleagues in Dublin, particularly Deputy McAuliffe, that it is a matter of gardaí having access after the event. Naturally, they would have information that an event took place, so it is a matter of them being able to search a storage area or garage. A...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Ollie Crowe: I thank our guests this morning. One of my main concerns regarding this proposal is the potential knock-on impact on SMEs. If a company with an SME as a significant creditor were to go insolvent, this proposal with employees being ahead of such an SME could cause more job losses and potentially even result in the SME failing. Could Mr. Hurley perhaps advise whether scenarios such as this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Ollie Crowe: That is correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Ollie Crowe: Okay. I understand the point Mr. Hurley is making. Mr. Egan mentioned that the CLRG considered, but did not recommend, the expansion of the class of preferential payments, which is in section 2 of the Bill. One of the concerns I have seen is that this proposal would create a special class of redundant worker with legal rights that go beyond those of workers who are made redundant, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Professor Lynch Fannon for that detailed response. I will leave it there for now. I might come in again later in the second round.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2023)

Ollie Crowe: I raise the VAT rate for the tourism and hospitality sector, which, as Senators are aware, is currently at a special rate of 9%. This special rate is due to expire on 28 February, with the rate returning to 13.5% from 1 March. Given the challenges facing these sectors as a result of spiralling costs, we must reconsider and announce the retention of the 9% VAT rate for the year ahead. The...