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Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Consideration of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments (21 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Okay, finish.

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Consideration of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments (21 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Maybe your officials might be better placed to answer this. When is it is expected that this case would go to the ECJ?

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Consideration of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments (21 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: As Minister of State are you concerned that there a referral to the ECJ? What actions are you taking to ensure that we are not waiting around for six months until the case is taken and to ensure that the final piece of that Bill is commenced?

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Consideration of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments (21 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I have a final question. I am sure my colleague, Senator Daly, will have much more detailed questions to ask. The actual purpose of this committee is the notification to the committee of the draft statutory instruments. I want to ask about the delivery. The Minister of State talked about a target of 2026 and spoke with pride about Ireland's last Presidency and the transposition deadlines....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I raise the issue of public service broadcasting. Finally, we have the strategic vision for RTÉ. There are probably lots more questions than answers in the 30-page document we got yesterday. What is clear is that we are going to have a much-reduced organisation over the next five years. Certainly, taking one in five workers out of RTÉ is going to have a drastic impact on content...

Seanad: Vacant and Derelict Buildings: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I second the motion. I thank the Minister of State for taking this motion. I thank my colleague, Senator Moynihan, for all the work she has done as housing spokesperson for our party, the Labour Party, particularly in fighting dereliction and vacancy. While we need homes built across this country, we also know that a mass amount of properties are being wasted and could be brought back into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the witnesses for coming here today. I want to ask first about goal 8.5, which relates to achieving full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value. Do the Department and the Minister really need a report from the Low Pay Commission and research from the ESRI to tell...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Dr. Coates is here talking about the sustainable development goals-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: -----and the concept of equal pay for equal work. Can the Department really stand over the ongoing situation, notwithstanding that there are reviews ongoing and talk about changes? Today, an 18 or 19-year-old is discriminated against in work purely based on age if they are in a minimum wage environment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: It is a blatant breach of the aspiration and the values set down within the sustainable development goals. I want to pick up on the question Deputy Bruton asked about the interdepartmental working group. I would like to hear a bit more about who is on the group and what exactly the outputs of the group are. I also have a concern about the approach of the Department towards those who have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I sat on the first one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: What is written here is factually incorrect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: My last question is on transparent and predictable working conditions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: On the fact that the regulations have not yet been transposed, can Dr. Coates elaborate on that very quickly? I understood that all the regulations were transposed in December 2021 or in 2022. The Department states here that they are being finalised. I ask for an update on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: That would be much appreciated. I thank the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I am sure it would. I do not know if Dr. Coates said during Covid or back in 2014 because it was in 2014 that I sat on that body, not during Covid. The key point is that while there have been reports and there has been a lot of talk, we have not seen any substantial change in the numbers of persons with a disability in the workplace. It remains a fact, as I understand it, that Ireland has...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I raise the Supreme Court ruling of 23 October in the case of the Revenue Commissioners v. Karshan (Midlands) Ltd. t/a Domino's Pizza. This was a landmark judgment in the fight against bogus self-employment in Ireland. Across this country, many workers are forced into bogus self-employment arrangements in order for their employers to save on PRSI payments. It deprives workers of their...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Business Supports (26 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber. My question relates to the increased cost of business scheme which was announced as part of budget 2024 by way of response to rising costs for businesses and the increase in the minimum wage. Most of us recognise employers face increased costs. I question the untargeted, once-off and exclusionary nature of the support. I understand...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Business Supports (26 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: On the Minister of State's last comment, I hope he is looking at State contracts. We have an endemic problem with low pay in Ireland. If we are serious about ever changing that, we need to look at how the might of the State and the State procurement budget of more than €17 billion is used. I very much welcome that this scheme is not going to cost the local authorities a penny. The...