Results 101-120 of 142 for speaker:Evanne Ní Chuilinn

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Eversheds involves 90 people. I am talking about the 655 people about whom Ms Cusack is talking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I know but I do not want to go down a rabbit hole involving Eversheds, the Department of Social Protection scope section and the findings around those people. Ms Cusack is talking about the 655 people. Have those people got their pensions back-paid? Have they got their maternity leave back-paid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: It is a simple question. Have they had their pensions brought back up to date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Will there be? We talk about wanting to be fair. I know RTÉ has spoken to staff members about wanting to have a fair conclusion to this process. Does Ms Cusack think it is fair for RTÉ not to pay PRSI and then also pocket the pensions, maternity leave, sick leave and annual leave of people, some of whom are approaching retirement, for years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: There were lots of people who were not in that scenario and were just doing an honest day's work. There are people approaching retirement next year with 40 years of normal work but they do not have that. I will come back to it later on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Is Mr. Coady familiar with the Karshan ruling of the Supreme Court of 2023?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: So he knows that people cannot be self-employed for tax purposes and employed for PRSI purposes. That was the outcome of the Karshan ruling. Surely RTÉ's stance on this is not tenable, with one way for PRSI and one way for tax?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I do not appreciate the smirk. I know it is not black and white.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Ms Cusack mentioned the Eversheds report, which involved 90 people in a snapshot of a few years and of a few people. They have had a settlement, which fell far short of what they were owed over the years. If there was acceptance there was a settlement there, should there not be a settlement for the people who were not in the Eversheds report and who have not got anything in retribution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I do not think Ms Cusack is answering the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Did RTÉ allow people who were misclassified to use the voluntary exit programme calculator from the date from which they were deemed to be employees? If such people were applying for the voluntary exit package, were they allowed to use the date from which they were deemed to be employees, even if they were misclassified?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I am referring to the people that RTÉ had to back-pay PRSI for. For example, someone was working in RTÉ from 2012 to 2018 but was not deemed to be an employee for those years but then that PRSI was back-paid so the person was deemed an employee from 2012. He or she was misclassified.. If that person wanted to access the voluntary exit package, would he or she be able to use the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Would they be allowed to use all of the dates for which they were deemed to have been employees, if they had been misclassified? I just want to get an idea of whether they were allowed to use them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: They were not. I do not think that is very fair. Mr. Coady said he is aware of the Karshan case. Can he commit to engaging with the people whose tax, pensions, leave and benefits need to be rectified? They are not mutually exclusive any more, as the Supreme Court said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: There are an awful lot of people affected. I do not accept that the people on Eversheds were on more money. There are lots of people who were on less money and they really are at the end of their tether now. They have been working and giving their heart and soul to RTÉ and they are due pensions, maternity leave, sick leave and annual leave. I am not talking about the highly paid. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I hope it will continue to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Gnó an Chomhchoiste (27 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an gCathaoirleach. Tá mé ag tnúth leis an obair. Tá roinnt mhaith rudaí léite agam mar gheall ar an gcoiste leis an Teachta Ó Snodaigh mar Chathaoirleach. Mar sin, tá mé ag súil leis an gclár oibre a bheidh á phlé againn sa choiste seo. Ba mhaith liom níos mó ama a thabhairt...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Today, 15 May, is Hyperemesis gravidarum awareness day. Hyperemesis gravidarum, HG, is the medical name for extreme nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, which affects approximately 2% of pregnancies, so 1 in 50. Unlike typical pregnancy sickness, it is highly debilitating with women often unable to work, look after their other children or leave the house or bed. It results in frequent...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: The rest of the week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (14 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I am a Senator based in Dublin and from Kilkenny. I was also a journalist and broadcaster. In a previous life, I reported on the workings of this committee. It is the first time for me to sit on any committee, and it is an honour to do so. My obvious areas of interest will be in media and communications, and also in sport, particularly sport governance. I look forward to the work ahead.