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Seanad: Welfare and Safety of Workers in the Public Health Service: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Marie Sherlock: On a point of order-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Unlike Senator Keogan, I commend the LGFA. I went through the guidelines it published last Friday in detail.They must be commended for their overall sensitive and well-rounded approach to welcoming transgender players into the code. It is not easy to develop a policy, but the reality is that trans women are already playing ladies’ football. It is already there and it is nothing to...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Amendments Nos. 36, 55 and 57 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Amendments Nos. 37 and 58 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I move amendment No. 46: In page 22, lines 40 and 41, to delete “ shall not assess the merits of” and substitute “may where appropriate consider and take into account the reasonableness of”. This amendment relates to the right to appeal the decision by the employer. It is worth reading into the record what exactly is in the legislation. The proposed section...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I agree with everything Senator Higgins said. We know that not all work is suitable for flexible working conditions. I do not think any of us advocating for a right to flexible work has ever said that, notwithstanding that some on the Government side - and I am not saying this about the Minister - have tried to throw this at us. The key question is whether it is the role of the Government...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I too welcome the announcement about the citizens' assembly today. It is no exaggeration to say there is a weight of expectation in regard to what the assembly might recommend. Obviously we do not want to pre-empt the outcome of what the assembly might say but the attempt to prosecute our way to a drug-free country has simply failed. Because of that approach over a number of decades, there...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Marie Sherlock: On behalf of the Labour Party group I thank you very much, a Chathaoirligh, for your tribute to the late Niamh Breathnach. Niamh left a tremendous legacy in this country as Minister for Education, not only due to the abolition of fees but especially for her introduction of the Breaking the Cycle programme for schools in disadvantaged communities. As a personal friend to me and many others...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Yes. Go raibh maith agat agus Lá Fhéile Bríde chomh maith. I reiterate the call I made last week for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Coveney, to come to the House for statements on the job losses we are seeing. Tech firms continue to make the headlines, with PayPal and HubSpot doing so this morning, but hospitality and retail are also suffering in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the witnesses for attending. I have one question, and it is directed to Ulster Bank. It relates to the management of the pensions of Ulster Bank staff. In recent days, I have learned about situations where female workers will leave Ulster Bank with lesser pensions than male counterparts of exactly the same grade and length of service. That is at odds with pension law in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Ms Howard very much. That is all from me.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023)

Marie Sherlock: We have all seen the anti-refugee sentiment present now in many of our communities. It has risen to a terrifying point. The attack in Ashtown, Dublin 15, last Saturday was the latest and most insidious incident. Deep down, for many of us, there is a belief that it is only a matter of time, sooner rather than later, before somebody is very seriously injured or worse. There are, of course,...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I very much welcome the introduction of domestic violence leave in this legislation. It is very important. I ask the Minister to consider amendments Nos. 10 and 11, because they are absolutely worthy of consideration and inclusion in the Bill. As for the criteria when the Minister is determining what the rate of pay should be by regulation, this is a copy-and-paste job from the workers'...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I want to speak to amendment No. 15.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Indeed. I agree with everything Senator Currie said. In some ways our amendment strikes to the very heart of the Bill and what I see as an artificial distinction between remote work and flexible work. In the world of work people want flexibility on both hours and location. We have already heard the debate here about who should be included - whether within a family a niece or nephew or...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I move amendment No. 15: In page 13, to delete lines 4 to 37, and in page 14, to delete lines 1 to 11 and substitute the following: “13B.(1) Any employee may request a flexible working arrangement.”.

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome this important motion. The scenes that we saw in south-west Dublin in recent weeks were only the latest incidents that have taken place for quite a number of years.These incidents are not new, but I very much hope they provide the impetus to put proper structures in place to keep drivers and passengers safe. If we are serious about trying to improve public transport use,...

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Marie Sherlock: It is really important that a Department, whether it be the Department of Transport or the Department of Justice, takes responsibility for this and that there is an end to passing the buck. We cannot have loads of tea and sympathy for this issue. We need action. Britain has had a public transport police for several years now, with 75% of its funding provided by the transport contractors...

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Marie Sherlock: The reality is that there is a standard transport police across all modes of transport in Britain and we do not have that in Ireland. We have a patchwork. The Luas contract requires an in-house security service. While these security officers were supposed to have the power to arrest and detain, in reality, they do not have the facility to detain people who engage in antisocial behaviour...

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Let us see real action sooner rather than later.