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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: It is perhaps a conversation we need to continue with the Department in terms of setting out greater detail. It was mentioned that the Companies Act demands that, in return for the privilege of limited liability, directors act in good faith. Perhaps one of the bugbears or features of the Irish system is that we have, I think, either more than 2,000 or 4,000 unlimited companies operating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: On the composition of the employment law review group, there is no stipulation here as to the allocation of places. I suppose there would be a concern that if we are going to set it out in detail and put it on a statutory footing, it would be important that we allocate out the places. Why has that not been included in the heads of the Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: While the congress representative on the CLRG is well able to handle himself, there is a real issue with regard to the composition of that group. It is certainly something we would be concerned about in respect of the employment law review group, that there would be greater balance and representation. Effectively, we are talking about employees and employers here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Chair. I welcome Ms O'Shea and Dr. Conlon. We owe them both an enormous debt of gratitude for the work. We especially owe Ms O'Shea for the really comprehensive report she has produced. The insight provided into abortion care in Ireland is incredible. There is a proposal to waive the three-day waiting period or statutory period of reflection. It seems like an Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Would Ms O'Shea have a concern that if there were a right to waive the period, it could be inconsistently applied across GPs? She talked about the payment to GPs. We know there is a very real issue with trying to encourage and incentivise GPs to participate, for a whole variety of reasons. Is payment or cost an issue in conversations with GPs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: The WHO guidelines suggest there should be no gestation limit. Ms O'Shea recommended an extension of the 12-week limit. What does she have in mind? Would we not run into the same logistical difficulty, if I can call it that, with the operation of the limit if it was 14 weeks, 16 weeks or whatever? Does a new limit really need to be set down in legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Ms O'Shea talks very clearly in the report about the effective human rights violation, particularly in sections 9 and 11-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: My last question relates to the criminalisation of medical practitioners. We have this bizarre situation where those who are trying to implement the system of care have that spectre of criminal sanction hanging over them but those who obstruct or get in the way of providing care have, in Ms O'Shea's own words, acted with impunity. To be clear, do we not have legislation already that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I note the proposal to lift the criminalisation is confined to medical practitioners. What about-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Sure, but what about others? I am thinking about family members. There was the famous case in the North where a family member secured medication for, effectively, a child. What is Ms O'Shea's opinion with regard to extending the lifting of the criminalisation beyond medical practitioners?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Okay. I thank Ms O'Shea.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, for coming to the Chamber. I am asking my question today from a place of utter frustration. We are all only too aware that there is massive under-resourcing and understaffing in our disability and mental health services at the moment. The northside of Dublin has the longest waiting periods in the country for an initial assessment. It is second...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State. I do not doubt the bona fides of what he said in terms of his personal concern for this child. To be frank, however, the response we got today indicates a Department with its head in the clouds. The Department is reliant on a health system to generate reports, which simply is not capable of doing it the moment.There may be other parts of the country where...

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

Marie Sherlock: I too want to support Senator Gavan's call for a debate on the level of the national minimum wage. Yesterday in the Dáil, Labour Party Deputies brought forward a motion highlighting the appalling situation of children with additional needs being left to wait for years for an assessment of need. As we all know, getting an assessment is one thing but trying to access the services can be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Yesterday, The Wheel, the charities association of Ireland, held its conference. A key message from it was that section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations are on the brink of collapse. The issues, relating to recruitment and retention and the very significant disparity between the pay of the State and that of the various organisations, are not new and have been evident for years....

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I, too, thank the Fianna Fáil group and Senators Fitzpatrick, Ardagh and Clifford-Lee for bringing forward this motion. I also thank the 1916 Relatives Association for all its work in campaigning to ensure this fantastic new children's hospital will have the name it deserves. It will ensure we are looking to the past but also establishing our commitment to the future and what the new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the FSU and Dr. O'Sullivan for being here today. I commend the FSU on its work. I think back to 2020 and the unit's work on the right to switch off and disconnect, which set the agenda then and brings us on to this conversation today. We are all very aware that the use of technology is transforming the concept of the workplace. The FSU's recommendations are very clear on the need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I want to get the witnesses' perspective on the software being used. To what extent are we seeing the software being developed in-house by organisations or contracted out to third party providers? That can give rise to a series of issues with three parties now involved in a workplace: employer, employee and the third party providing the service.