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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: I thank Ms Hoey for her presentation. I will bring in Deputy Bríd Smith before we hear the presentations from the other groups.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: I thank Professor James Wickham for his opening statement. I invite Ms Edel McGinley and Mr. Pablo Rojas Coppari to make their opening statements.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: Ms McGinley's comment on the 18 month period rather than six months is interesting. We have heard much discussion on this and Ms Patricia King of ICTU remarked that 18 months would be the correct way to go because for a lot of people who work seasonally, who work in tourism or similar industries, six months is not enough to categorise it. We have heard conflicting views and when we compile...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: Why would somebody be asked to work for one hour? Is it to cover someone's lunch break?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: It is the first time we have heard about one-hour contracts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: Deputy Tom Neville asked whether there was a contrast between rural and urban areas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: I hear a lot about four-hour shifts, but I am surprised to hear about one-hour shifts. On four-hour shifts there is no need for a lunch or tea break.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: This is the first time the committee has heard about one-hour shifts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: It is character building.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: I agree with Ms Hoey that there is a correlation there between the amount of work a student has to do and level of success at exams. Students do have to work though. There is no doubt about that. I am from the constituency of Waterford. Everyone else is from Limerick. We do not have a university in Waterford. We have a fantastic institute of technology, but many students travel to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: If it took 12 or 18 months before a student could get the certainty of employment that the Bill is trying to achieve, is it likely that they would stay in a job for that length of time in order to get that certainty?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: If a student lives in a city with a university on their doorstep they would be able to work and live there, but if they come from a more rural area and have to travel to college there might not be the same opportunity to work where they live because they have to travel. That might make it more difficult for students to get some kind of certainty. That is the point I am trying to make.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: Deputy Neville wants to come in at this point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: Sometimes students do not qualify for the grant.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: It is something we want to be mindful of.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: It would be no harm to check it out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: Deputy Neville just wanted to flag it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Mary Butler: I thank the witnesses for coming here today. It was a very worthwhile session. There were many comments made and we will take them all on board. All members of the committee are very much aware there is an issue. Our head is not buried in the sand. It is the one thing that has come out of the committee from all parties and none. There is no doubt about it. We are very aware of it. I...