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Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: It is clear the Minister of State and I will not agree on this. I ask him to acknowledge the example I gave of a minimum wage worker. Will he acknowledge that under the scheme, the first day of sick pay amounts to nothing for these low-paid workers. I have given that example and I ask the Minister of State to acknowledge it.

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: To be clear, Sinn Féin is voting for the Bill. The Minister of State is aware of that. We have worked constructively with him on it. We just happen to believe that, right now, the balance - we have been speaking about balance - is not correct because it does not work for low-paid workers. I have given the Minister of State a clear example to show why it does not work for low-paid...

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: That is interesting. Implied in the response of the Minister of State is that it is somehow okay for a low-paid worker not to get any money for the first day of sickness. To be frank, I disagree with him on that. If a person is sick, he or she should be entitled to sick pay. The Minister of State has acknowledged that, for the first day, there will be no sick pay because the person has to...

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: It is true.

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: We have employers in Limerick too.

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: The Senator is always welcome on this side of the House.

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I do not want to extend this debate because we are going off topic. Any day we mention Eoghan Harris is never a good day as far as I am concerned. The central point I want to make - and I will not fall out with people, well not much anyway - is that there is a weakness in this Bill. Just to be clear: I think this is the third time I am saying it – I support the Bill. I acknowledge...

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 14: In page 7, line 8, after “day” to insert “equivalent to their full daily rate of pay”. We have discussed some of this already and but I would like to understand why the Government wants to set the rate of sick pay at 70%. Again, this really impacts on lower paid workers in particular. It just seems low. If we want to talk about...

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I will be brief because I spoke earlier. I wish to highlight something that came up at a meeting of the tourism committee today. We are talking about low-paid workers. To be clear, the call from Sinn Féin is that the full daily rate of sick pay is paid. What the Government might not be aware of is that, according to Fáilte Ireland, whose statistics I do not doubt, 68% of people...

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: That is not what I said, but that is fine.

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 16: In page 7, line 11, after “may” to insert “equivalent to their full daily rate of pay”.

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: It is good to see this Bill back before the House. It is good that there has been a real consultation on the key issue of the service charge. I will begin by introducing our colleagues in the Gallery this evening. They are Joe Cunningham, general secretary of SIPTU, Fiona Dunne from the ONE Movement and Clem Shevlin from SIPTU. They are here specifically to listen to the debate on this...

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister of State for going through that. There was quite a lot to go through. With regard to mandatory services charges, as I have said I am very happy to accept the Government's amendments. I do not mind and I am not precious about which amendments get the job done. I acknowledge the fact there has been engagement on this. We have what I regard as a good result on the...

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I will be brief because I want to see this Bill progress this evening. I want to come back on one point to respectfully correct the Minister of State. What the WRC said in relation to my Bill was that it may not be enforceable, which is the same as saying it may be enforceable. The Minister of State can check that for himself. That is what is on the record. Here is my point. Without...

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I would never suggest the Minister of State had been mean to me.

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: As a Westmeath man to a Meath man, I would never suggest that. To be clear, there was certainly ambiguity in terms of that. I remember it at the time. Here is the point. If we do not include cash tips in some way, it means there is no recourse in any circumstance in relation to cash tips. We can do better than that. I will not delay matters but I will give one example from Limerick....

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: It did not say that.

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 16: In page 6, to delete line 15 and substitute "Treatment of certain tips, gratuities and mandatory service charges".

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 17: In page 6, line 18, to delete "or" where it secondly occurs and substitute "and".

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 18: In page 6, line 18, after "gratuities" to insert "and mandatory service charges".