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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: A reality of Irish life that people often forget is that we have a low-pay economy. A total of 23% of Irish workers are on low pay. We have the third highest proportion of low-paid workers in the OECD. People in Ireland are paid poorly. We do not have the same basic state provision of GP visit care as other European countries. The two elements that make the Irish context different are...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: They have free GP care.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We absolutely accept that this Bill will improve things. It should not be left unsaid that this is a welcome move by the Government. We are working constructively to try to improve it. However, it is a hell of a thing to worry about getting sick if you are in a low-paid job and you are genuinely terrified that you might be unwell because you cannot afford to be unwell and therefore you...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 21: In page 7, line 4, after “day” to insert “which shall be their full daily rate”. I will resubmit this amendment.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 23: In page 7, line 8, after “pay,” to insert “which shall be 100 per cent”. I will resubmit this amendment.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 24: In page 7, to delete lines 10 to 13. I will resubmit this amendment.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an issue facing blind leaving certificate students of Irish such as a person (details supplied) in which in the sraith pictúir section of the Irish oral exam blind students are being asked to learn off 100’s of paragraphs to describe pictures they cannot see; if her attention has been drawn to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (4 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 544. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a permanently employed psychiatrist in the Dublin north east HSE region; if not, the number of vacant posts; the number of psychiatrists that should be employed permanently; the length of time the region has been without a permanent psychiatrist; the efforts that are being made to ensure that the situation is rectified; and if he will make a...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 89: In page 34, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(b) the funding status of individual designated institutions of higher education,”. I will withdraw this amendment and try to move it again on Report Stage. That is the best thing to do in the circumstances.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Excellent. I thank the Minister. I will withdraw the amendment and try to move it again on Report Stage. That is probably the best thing to do in the circumstances.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 92: In page 34, line 26, to delete “consultation” and substitute “partnership”. This is a very simple proposition, that the word "partnership" is stronger than the word "consultation". It is as simple as that.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: On that basis I am happy to withdraw the amendment, but it is contingent on my being happy with the Minister's endeavours between now and Report Stage. We will move on a basis of good faith.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: On that basis, yes. If the Minister is working on the language-----

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 95: In page 35, between lines 36 to 37, to insert the following: “(b) in developing a funding framework under paragraph (a), An tÚdarás consult with the designated institutions of higher education or their representative bodies.”. Again, this is all about consultation. The amendment inserts a line that concludes, "An tÚdarás...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 104: In page 37, line 5, after "section 126" to insert "or to adequately explain non-compliance in accordance with section 126(7)*". This is on conditions of funding. Section 38 states: (1) Funding that is provided by An tÚdarás to a funded body under section 37shall be paid in such manner, and subject to such conditions, as the Chief Executive Officer...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: As is generally the case with these matters, if the Minister is not in a position to accept the amendment we will try to work on it and bring it back on Report Stage. It is what I intend to do.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 105: In page 37, line 7, after "requirements," to insert "and". This is a simple insertion of the word "and" after paragraph (f). Amendment No. 106 would delete "thereunder, and" and substitute "thereunder.". It is a question of strengthening the language. Amendment No. 107 would delete lines 9 and 10 on page 37.