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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (4 Jul 2017)
Mary Butler: It was just-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (4 Jul 2017)
Mary Butler: I wish to state that the Minister was not invited to attend today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (4 Jul 2017)
Mary Butler: I agree with that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (4 Jul 2017)
Mary Butler: Senator Nash wishes to intervene briefly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (4 Jul 2017)
Mary Butler: I will interject and ask Mr. Fleming a question if he does not mind. Is he saying this is a racist issue? In his opinion, are only coloured people affected by this? Can Mr. Fleming give us an example scenario? Are there 20 or 30 crew members on a trawler or ten? Are two or three people being picked out while the rest are being treated well?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (4 Jul 2017)
Mary Butler: I am sorry to interrupt. Is Mr. Fleming saying everybody on the trawler is being treated badly by the owner or is it just the case that some of the migrant workers are not getting the same terms and conditions as other fishermen?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (4 Jul 2017)
Mary Butler: Is it a racist issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (4 Jul 2017)
Mary Butler: I will ask Mr. Fleming another question if I may. I want to try to tease this point out a little bit more. On average, would there be ten, 12 or 15 people on a trawler?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (4 Jul 2017)
Mary Butler: Is it the case that one or two people are being ill-treated in the way Mr. Fleming has described - such as that they are literally sleeping where they are working - while the other five or six turn a blind eye and oversee this as well?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (4 Jul 2017)
Mary Butler: I thank Mr. Fleming and our other guests for their powerful presentations. Members will have a private discussion when the witnesses leave to decide what steps the committee will take. We will, however, adopt a united approach. We will also have the other stakeholders appear before us. This is not the end of the matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (4 Jul 2017)
Mary Butler: I thank the witnesses for their engagement with the joint committee. We will have a short discussion in private session and will keep the witnesses informed as to what action we intend to take.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)
Mary Butler: A man has died, Taoiseach.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)
Mary Butler: It is a regional issue.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)
Mary Butler: Hear, hear.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)
Mary Butler: While Fianna Fáil fully believes in the need to reform the judicial appointment process, the Government's Bill is deeply flawed. Fianna Fáil has proposed legislation on establishing a judicial appointments commission that would be independent of Government and make recommendations to same based on an assessment of the merits of applicants for judicial office. We must ensure that...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)
Mary Butler: -----"No". When I asked what I had been contacted about, they told me: housing, homelessness, waiting lists, home help hours and the main story of the past two weeks in Waterford and a matter on which I have been campaigning for the past two years, the lack of 24-7 cardiology cover. I have discussed this issue several times in the Chamber. From 5 o'clock this evening, the cath lab in the...
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (29 Jun 2017)
Mary Butler: 49. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to tackle the nine unemployment black spots in County Waterford as highlighted by the census summary results due to the fact that unemployment in County Waterford remains above the national average by at least 3%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30219/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (29 Jun 2017)
Mary Butler: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the names of the local authorities that have undertaken adaptations and extensions to their existing social housing network in each of the years 2010 to 2016; the number of adaptations and extensions that were actually undertaken; and the value of those works for each local authority applicable, in tabular form....
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (28 Jun 2017)
Mary Butler: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the allocation of funds under the sports capital programme for a club (details supplied) will be determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30209/17]
- Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2017)
Mary Butler: The Local Government (Establishment Of Town Councils Commission) Bill is being introduced to help strengthen local democracy across the country. The Bill aims to legislate for a key part of the Fianna Fáil general election manifesto commitment to re-establish town councils across Ireland on a fair and equitable basis. The Bill establishes a commission under the Local Government Act to...