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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Just to clarify, I used the phrase "outright ban", but I am thinking of that supply chain regulation. There is still a need for that. I did not mean to interrupt Ms Lawlor. We have touched a little on the protections in place with regard to retaliation, reprisals and retribution. I suppose it goes to the heart of the effectiveness of the directive, whenever it is enacted. I think Mr....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I am delighted members of the St. Luke's bridge club are joining us. I welcome the eviction ban that was announced earlier, which comes after many months of our being told that it would not be possible. We were told about the possible constitutional challenges and the unseen legal advice and given warnings landlords would exit the sector. Landlords are already exiting the sector. The ban...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: As we all know, more than 900,000 households are facing into fuel poverty this winter. Fuel poverty has been a permanent feature of this country through good times and now through bad. The choices facing this State, particularly when the public finances are in such a remarkably healthy situation, raise very serious questions about the extent to which the State is willing to go the extra...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, line 16, after “customer” ”, to insert “, subject to subsection (2),”. I will speak to amendments Nos. 3 and 7. Amendment No. 2 obviously relates to amendment No. 3. Amendment No. 3 refers to the whole issue of the non-principal private residence and where, in effect, an individual can be a final customer in two or...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I must invite him to Dublin 1 or Dublin 7 some time, where there are a number of households in which people are living in extremely overcrowded conditions. They pay rent to the landlord, who then charges them for electricity and other utilities on top of that. Ultimately, however, it is the landlord who puts though the payments for those...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: The Minister of State is fully capable of going beyond calling this a breach of natural justice and ensuring that it is set out in clear terms in the Bill. It is poor reassurance to any of these tenants to say that such practice is a breach of natural justice and they must go to the RTB. There will be an ambiguity if the matter is not set out clearly in the Bill. I ask the Minister of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Like so many others, I was overjoyed to see the women's team make a remarkable breakthrough in qualifying for the World Cup next year. I want to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Vera Pauw, Katie McCabe and all on the team. As has been said so many times, they are an inspiration to all girls in sport across this country. I refer in particular to the words Amber Barrett spoke last...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Minimum Wage, Cost of Living and Low Pay Commission Report: Engagement with ICTU (12 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Dr. Bambrick and Mr. Berney for being here for this important discussion. When we talk about low pay, there is an obvious focus on the national minimum wage but it is not the only tool to address low pay. I am conscious that while some 7% or 8% of people are on the national minimum wage, between one fifth and one quarter of all workers in the economy are classified as being low...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Minimum Wage, Cost of Living and Low Pay Commission Report: Engagement with ICTU (12 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I understand from that announcement that it is a once-off payment to the organisations and does not deal with the ongoing pay issue. What strikes me is the number of people who are stuck on the minimum wage. There is a perception that the minimum wage is a labour market entry wage or that people move off it fairly quickly but we know that 56% of those on the minimum wage are on it for 12...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Minimum Wage, Cost of Living and Low Pay Commission Report: Engagement with ICTU (12 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: It also reduces wage dispersion within organisations, which is really important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Minimum Wage, Cost of Living and Low Pay Commission Report: Engagement with ICTU (12 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Regarding the directive that will be transposed in this country over the next two years and the recommendations in the report published last week, which have three distinct parts, how do the witnesses see this playing out? There is the bit relating to joint labour committees, the bit relating to enterprise bargaining and the bit relating to good faith bargaining. How will it play out in the...

Seanad: Consumer Rights Bill 2022 - Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Beidh mé. Tá brón orm faoi sin.

Seanad: Consumer Rights Bill 2022 - Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I have not seen him since his appointment to his current role. I wish him the best in that regard. I join with all Senators across the Chamber in welcoming the Bill. Online commerce has been with us for about a decade and a half and it has been very much the wild west with regard to consumer protection. Therefore, we welcome the Bill as an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: The first thing to say is that it is disgraceful that it has been 14 years since community employment supervisors and all those working in section 56 and section 39 organisations have had a proper pay increase. It behoves the Government to act urgently to address this long-running sore for those who are providing vital services in our communities. We all speak at length about how important...

Seanad: Passport Office: Motion (5 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, for coming to the House. I warmly welcome the motion and thank An Seanadóir Ó Donnghaile and his Sinn Féin colleagues for bringing it forward. We in the Labour Party very much support it. As has been said a number of times, we have all seen the massive surge on the island of Ireland for Irish passports over the last 18 months in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister and departmental officials for attending. This morning saw the publication of the report of the high level working group on collective bargaining. It is to be warmly welcomed, particularly because both trade unions and business sat around the table to formulate that report. In the Minister’s statement, he highlighted that our laws are weak when parties refuse...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: The directive was adopted yesterday by the European Council and, therefore, the time is ticking. We have two years at most to implement the directive on adequate minimum wages. I am conscious the Minister will need to apprise himself of the detail of what was approved yesterday, but what assurances can he give on that transposition? Importantly, with regard to unemployment law, Ireland has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: We had the heads of the right to request remote work Bill in January. In February, the Minister acknowledged that changes needed to be made. On 6 July, nearly three months ago to the day, the pre-legislative report from the committee landed on the Department’s desk and we still do not have the Bill. A number of clear recommendations came from the committee, particularly with regard...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: On the evidence of the lack of consensus, we agreed the recommendations on a cross-party basis. Employers who appeared before the committee were calling for a dramatic change in the heads of the Bill as published by the Department. I do not quite understand why there have been such delays. I am not assured by the language used today that the Department is still preparing. We are now in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: In regard to the new TBESS there is obviously quite a significant subsidy now to businesses for their energy bills, and rightly so. In the context of these significant subsidies, whereby if a company's energy bills double it may get 20% of the bill paid and if it trebles it will have 26% of the bill paid, is the Minister comfortable that a company could still enforce wage cuts or...